SN 1961I

SN 1961i

Event type	Supernova
SN.II
Constellation	Virgo
Other designations	SN 1961I

SN 1961i was a supernova that was discovered in June 1961 in the Messier 61 (NGC 4303) galaxy, by Milton L. Humason at the Palomar Observatory, ^[1] the brightest of 16 supernovae found at Palomar that year. ^[2] Although it was originally considered by Fritz Zwicky to be the prototype of a Type III supernova, subsequent researchers have classified it as a Type II supernova. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Bertaud, C. (June 1961), "Les supernovae dans la nébuleuse NGC 4303", L'Astronomie, 75: 268, Bibcode:1961LAstr..75..268B .
2. Humason, M. L.; Kearns, C. E.; Gomes, Alercio M. (June 1962), "The 1961 Palomar Supernova Search", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 74 (438), University of Chicago Press: 215–218, Bibcode:1962PASP...74..215H, doi:10.1086/127790, JSTOR   40673847 .
3. Doggett, J. B.; Branch, D. (November 1985), "A comparative study of supernova light curves", Astronomical Journal, 90: 2303–2311, Bibcode:1985AJ.....90.2303D, doi: 10.1086/113934 .
4. Spiro, S.; Pastorello, A.; Pumo, M. L.; Zampieri, L.; Turatto, M.; Smartt, S. J.; et al. (April 2014), "Low luminosity Type II supernovae - II. Pointing towards moderate mass precursors" (PDF), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439 (3): 2873–2892, arXiv: 1401.5426 , Bibcode:2014MNRAS.439.2873S, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu156 , S2CID   53059024 .

External links

• Spectra Archived 2017-12-02 at the Wayback Machine on the Open Supernova Catalog Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• SN 1961I