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2013 September 1
Two ASAS-SN Supernovae in One Day!
So maybe
our luck is improving: just two days ago, on August 30th, we announced the
discovery of two new supernovae, ASASSN-13co and ASASSN-13cp. Both
are rather faint for us, V=16.9 and V=16.6, which is actually a good
sign: as we take more data, our data processing is improving, allowing
us to see fainter transients. In fact, if you look at our ASAS-SN
Transients page, you will see many transients fainter than V=16.
Our 9th supernova discovery, ASASSN-13co, is also our first non-Type
Ia supernova, again a good sign, being found about 90 Megaparsecs
away, quite a bit further than we expected to find core-collapse Type
IIP SNe. It is also yet another
example where follow-up data from our collaborator J. Brimacombe
(Coral Towers Observatory) played an important role in our project.
Back to ASAS-SN page.
See previous APOWs:
It is Good to be Lucky!
Extreme
M-dwarf Flare Observed by ASAS-SN;
Neptune
Discovered!
Multiband
photometric follow-up of ASASSN-13aw (SN 2013dr);
"Assassin"
Unit 1: Brutus;
How
ASAS-SN Discovers Supernovae: Case of Supernova ASASSN-13bb;
NGC
2617: Dramatic Seyfert Type Change;
ASASSN-13/SN
2013da: Our First Supernova Three Weeks Later;
M31
and Companions;
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Updated Sat Aug 24 16:15:44 EDT 2013
