SN 2006oz: rise of a super-luminous supernova observed by the SDSS-II SN Survey

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G. Leloudas · University of Copenhagen

E. Chatzopoulos · The University of Texas at Austin

B. Dilday · Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network

J. Gorosabel · Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

J. Vinkó · University of Szeged

Anna Gallazzi · University of Copenhagen

J. C. Wheeler

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Context. A new class of super-luminous transients has recently been identified. These objects reach absolute luminosities of Mu < −21, lack hydrogen in their spectra, and are exclusively discovered by non-targeted surveys because they are associated with very faint galaxies.

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Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 541, pp. A129-A129

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118498

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SN 2006oz: rise of a super-luminous supernova observed by the SDSS-II SN Survey

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