SN 1006: a thousand-year perspective
Abstract
We review some of the extensive historical observations of SN 1006, emphasizing estimates of its brightness at maximum. An estimate of Vmax ≈ −7.5 is consistent with what may be the most reasonable interpretation of these records and with an a posteriori calculation based on typical peak magnitudes for Type Ia supernovae together with the distance and extinction to SN 1006. We also give a brief overview of the discovery of the SN 1006 remnant in 1965, and contrast the earliest radio, optical, and X-ray observations of the remnant with recent ones, as reported in more detail by other papers in this JD09 review.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- August 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921307010708
- Bibcode:
- 2007HiA....14..301W
- Keywords:
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- stars: supernovae;
- individual (SN 1006);
- ISM: supernova remnants;
- history and philosophy of astronomy