SN 2002cx

SN 2002cx
Event typeSupernova Edit this on Wikidata
Peculiar Ia[1]
Date2002 May 12.21 UT
ConstellationVirgo Edit this on Wikidata
Right ascension13h 13m 49.72s[2]
Declination+6° 57′ 31.9″[1][2]
EpochJ2000
DistanceZ of 0.024[3]
Redshift0.0236, 0.0244, 0.0241, 0.0242, 0.0243, 0.0249 Edit this on Wikidata
HostCGCG 044-035[1]
Colour (B-V)0.04±0.05[4]
Peak apparent magnitude+17.57±0.15[5]
Other designationsSN 2002cx
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SN 2002cx is a peculiar type Ia supernova.[6][7][8] It was discovered in May 2002 by a team of researchers from LBL.[2] It behaved differently from normal type Ia supernovae, and differently from several other previously observed peculiar type Ia supernovae including SN 1991T and SN 1991bg.[4][9]

SN 2002cx is now classified as type Iax supernova, which are subluminal and do not result in complete destruction of the progenitor white dwarf.[10]

  1. ^ a b c Li et al., 2003 p. 5
  2. ^ a b c d Wood-Vasey et al., 2002
  3. ^ Li et al., 2003 p. 14
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Li03p12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Li et al., 2003 p. 58
  6. ^ Li et al., 2003 p. 1
  7. ^ Branch et al., 2004
  8. ^ Jha et al., 2006
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Li03p10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Jha, Saurabh W. (2017). "Type Iax Supernovae". Handbook of Supernovae: 375–401. arXiv:1707.01110. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-21846-5_42.