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An unusually brilliant transient in the galaxy M85

2007161 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

S. R. Kulkarni · Optica

E. O. Ofek · Optica

A. Rau · California Institute of Technology

S. B. Cenko · California Institute of Technology

A. M. Soderberg · Optica

D. B. Fox · Pennsylvania State University

A. Gal‐Yam · AdTech Optics (United States)

Topics & Keywords

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 447, Issue 7143, pp. 458-460

DOI: 10.1038/nature05822

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 6.33

An unusually brilliant transient in the galaxy M85 | Researchclopedia

P. Capak · Optica

Dae‐Sik Moon · California Institute of Technology

Wenyu Li · University of California, Berkeley

A. V. Filippenko · University of California, Berkeley

Eiichi Egami · University of Arizona

Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe · University of Hawaii System

D. B. Sanders · University of Hawaii System