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SN 1006: a thousand-year perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

P. Frank Winkler
P. Frank Winkler*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA email: winkler@middlebury.edu
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Abstract

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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.

Keywords

stars: supernovaeindividual (SN 1006)ISM: supernova remnantshistory and philosophy of astronomy
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Highlights of Astronomy 14: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2006 , pp. 301 - 302
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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