SN 2006jc
Supernova
title: "SN 2006jc" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["supernovae", "lynx-(constellation)"] description: "Supernova" topic_path: "general/supernovae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_2006jc" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Supernova ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox astronomical event"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | SN 2006jc |
| epoch | J2000.0 |
| type | Ibn |
| host | UGC 4904 |
| constellation | Lynx |
| ra | {{cite web |
| url | http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=sn+2006jc&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES |
| title | SN 2006JC - NED Search Result |
| publisher | NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE - Caltech |
| accessdate | 2008-06-24 }} |
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| name = SN 2006jc | epoch = J2000.0 | type = Ibn | SNRtype = | host = UGC 4904 | constellation = Lynx | ra = {{cite web | url =http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=sn+2006jc&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES | title =SN 2006JC - NED Search Result | publisher =NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE - Caltech | accessdate = 2008-06-24 }} | dec= | gal = | discovery = | iauc = | mag_v = | distance = | progenitor = | progenitor_type = | b-v = | notes =
SN 2006jc was a TypeIbn supernova that was detected on October 9, 2006 in the galaxy UGC 4904, which is about 77 million light-years away in the constellation Lynx. It was first seen by Japanese amateur astronomer Kōichi Itagaki, American amateur Tim Puckett, and Italian amateur Roberto Gorelli. Two years earlier, on 20 October 2004, the progenitor star produced a supernova impostor that was detected by Itagaki. This outburst was apparently the progenitor star shedding its outer layers. When the star exploded in 2006, the shockwave hit the material blown off in 2004, heating it to millions of degrees and emitting copious amounts of X-rays. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/SN2006jcLightCurve.png" caption="arxiv=0811.0060 }}"] ::
References
References
- "Supernova Imposter Goes Supernova".
- "SN{{nbsp}}2006jc". [[International_Astronomical_Union.
- (January 2009). "Optical photometry and spectroscopy of the Type Ibn supernova SN 2006jc until the onset of dust formation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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