SN 2005bc

SN 2005bc
Other designations	SN 2005bc
Event type	Supernova
Spectral class	Ia
Date	2 April 2005
Constellation	Boötes
Right ascension	14h 37m 15.050s
Declination	+38° 27′ 23.10″
Epoch	J2000.0
Galactic coordinates	Long 66.764500° Lat 65.168763°
Distance	about 200,000,000 light-years
Redshift	0.0132, 0.0122
Remnant	unknown
Host	NGC 5698
Progenitor	Unknown
Progenitor type	White Dwarf
Colour (B-V)	Unknown
Notable features	None
Peak apparent magnitude	+15.3

SN 2005bc was a Type Ia supernova occurring in the Barred spiral galaxy NGC 5698 in the constellation of Boötes. SN 2005bc was discovered on 2 April 2005 by LOSS and independently by Tim Puckett and L. Cox.

Discovery

The supernova was at magnitude 16.4 at discovery, and quickly rose to a peak magnitude of around 15.3 (in visible light) just over a week after discovery. By mid-May, the supernova had faded to 17th magnitude.

The host galaxy, NGC 5698, along with the supernova lie approximately 200 million light-years (~60 million parsecs) from Earth. This puts the absolute magnitude of the supernova at around −18.6 at maximum, rather faint for a Type Ia event.

As the supernova was of Type Ia, its progenitor star was a White Dwarf star which exceeded the Chandrasekhar limit.

Below is an image of SN 2005bc and NGC 5698 taken just over a week after peak brightness.

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External links

Light curves and spectra on the Open Supernova Catalog

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