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Detecting the progenitors of core-collapse supernovae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Stephen J. Smartt*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHA, UK

Abstract

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A novel project to directly detect the progenitor stars of nearby core-collapse supernovae in pre-discovery archive images is briefly described.

Type
Part 2. Interiors of Massive Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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