On the Nature of Unconfirmed Supernovae
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2013-07-23 v2
Abstract
We study the nature of 39 unconfirmed supernovae (SNe) from the sky area covered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 8 (DR8), using available photometric and imaging data and intensive literature search. We confirm that 21 objects are real SNe, 2 are Galactic stars, 4 are probable SNe, and 12 remain unconfirmed events. The probable types for 4 objects are suggested: 3 SNe are of probable type Ia, and SN 1953H is probable type II SN. In addition, we identify the host galaxy of SN 1976N and correct the offsets/coordinates of SNe 1958E, 1972F, and 1976N.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1302.5783,
title = {On the Nature of Unconfirmed Supernovae},
author = {L. S. Aramyan and A. R. Petrosian and A. A. Hakobyan and G. A. Mamon and D. Kunth and M. Turatto and V. Zh. Adibekyan and T. A. Nazaryan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.5783},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
9 pages, 4 figures, 5 tables, published in Astrophysics (English translation of Astrofizika)