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Supernova in the constellation Camelopardalis
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Discovery The images were taken at Lane's Abbey Ridge Observatory on 31 December 2010 with a Celestron C14 0.36-meter f/5.5 telescope , and the supernova was spotted by them on 2 January 2011.[1] Jack Newton and announced by the IAU Central Bureau of Astronomical Telegrams at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , Cambridge, Massachusetts . It was announced by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on the same day.[5]
Discoverers David J. Lane : SN 2010lt is Lane's fourth discovery of a supernova. The previous were SN 1995F ,[6] SN 2005B and SN 2005ea . All were discovered with Paul Gray.Paul Gray: SN 2010lt is his seventh discovery of a supernova.
Kathryn Aurora Gray: her first discovery. Description SN 2010lt is about 20" west and 10" north of the galaxy center. It is a sub-luminous (1991bg-like) type Ia supernova and was discovered when near maximum light. The supernova could not be detected (detection limit approximately 18.5 of apparent magnitude ) at its current position on images taken between October 2005 and March 2006.[1]
See also References
^ a b c d e Latest Supernovae , Astronomy Section, Rochester Academy of Science; Images and discovery details of Supernovae SN2010lt in UGC 3378 Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine , Abbey Ridge Observatory^ a b Canadian girl 'youngest to discover supernova' , BBC, 4 January 2011^ a b CBAT's List of Recent Supernovae ^ 10-Year-Old Girl Discovers Supernova , FoxNews, 4 January 2011^ Ten-year-old New Brunswick Girl Discovers Exploding Star , Deborah Thompson - The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 3 January 2011^ Burke-Gaffney Observatory - Research , Team SUPERNova Scotia, 5-Jan-2011, Saint Mary's University (Halifax) archive
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