SN 2010lt is a
supernova
A supernova is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. It has the plural form supernovae or supernovas, and is abbreviated SN or SNe. This transient astronomical event occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star or when ...
located in the galaxy
UGC 3378
UGC may refer to:
Science and technology
* Universal gravitational constant G, in physics
* Uppsala General Catalogue, an astronomical catalogue of galaxies
* UGC, a codon for cysteine
* Unique games conjecture, a conjecture in computational c ...
in
Camelopardalis
Camelopardalis is a large but faint constellation of the northern sky representing a giraffe. The constellation was introduced in 1612 or 1613 by Petrus Plancius. Some older astronomy books give Camelopardalus or Camelopardus as alternative for ...
. It was discovered by amateur
astronomers Kathryn Aurora Gray, her father Paul Gray, of
Fredericton
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the do ...
,
New Brunswick,
Canada and
David J. Lane of Stillwater Lake,
Nova Scotia,
Canada. Upon discovery, Kathryn Aurora Gray became the youngest person to ever discover a supernova, being 10 years old when she did so.
[Canadian girl 'youngest to discover supernova']
BBC, 4 January 2011 The previous record was held by the 14-year-old
Caroline Moore.
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.
[ The discovery was confirmed on 3 January 2011 by the amateur astronomers Brian Tieman and 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.
]
Discoverers
* David J. Lane: SN 2010lt is Lane's fourth discovery of a supernova. The previous were SN 1995F,Burke-Gaffney Observatory - Research
Team SUPERNova Scotia, 5-Jan-2011, Saint Mary's University (Halifax)
Saint Mary's University (SMU) is a formerly Catholic, public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry, as well as one of the best Canadian women ...
br>archive
/ref> SN 2005B
SN 2005B, the second supernova discovered in 2005, was discovered by amateur astronomer Paul Gray, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, upon reviewing film shot by fellow amateur astronomer David J. Lane, at his backyard observatory in Stil ...
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.[
]
See also
* List of supernovae
References
External links
* Dave Lane website
Supernovae discoveries made by Paul Gray and Dave Lane from Abbey Ridge Observatory
Abbey Ridge Observatory
Images of SN 2010lt by Joseph Brimacombe
in flickr
Kathryn Gray's website
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Supernovae
Camelopardalis
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