• Source: SN 2005ap

SN 2005ap was an extremely energetic type Ic supernova in the galaxy SDSS J130115.12+274327.5. With a peak absolute magnitude of around −22.7, it is the second-brightest superluminous supernova yet recorded, twice as bright as the previous record holder, SN 2006gy, though SN 2005ap was eventually surpassed by ASASSN-15lh. It was initially classified as type II-L, but later revised to type Ic. It was discovered on 3 March 2005, on unfiltered optical images taken with the 0.45 m ROTSE-IIIb (Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment) telescope, which is located at the McDonald Observatory in West Texas, by Robert Quimby, as part of the Texas Supernova Search that also discovered SN 2006gy. Although it was discovered before SN 2006gy, it was not recognized as being brighter until October 2007. As it occurred 4.7 billion light years from Earth, it was not visible to the naked eye.
Although SN 2005ap was twice as bright at its peak than SN 2006gy, it was not as energetic overall, as the former brightened and dimmed in a typical period of a few days whereas the latter remained very bright for many months. SN 2005ap was about 300 times brighter than normal for a type II supernova. It has been speculated that this hypernova involved the formation of a quark star. Quimby has suggested that the hypernova is of a new type distinct from the standard type II supernova, and his research group have identified five other supernovae similar to SN 2005ap and SCP 06F6, all of which were extremely bright and lacking in hydrogen.




References






Further reading


Tan, K. (11 October 2007). "Supernova blazed like 100 billion suns". NBC News. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.




External links


Light curves and spectra Archived 2019-08-23 at the Wayback Machine on the Open Supernova Catalog Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

"SN 2005AP". Aladin. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
"SN 2005AP". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.

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• Kuark nova
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• Messier 74
• Sesium
• Itrium
• SN 2005ap
• SN 2006gy
• Texas Supernova Search
• Robert Quimby
• Magnetar
• Coma Berenices
• SN 1987A
• Quark-nova
• Quark star
• History of supernova observation