Abstract
Supernovae represent the catastrophic endpoint of evolution of stars. Study of them provides clues to the progenitor evolution, to the explosion mechanism, to the origin of heavy elements, and to their use as distance calibrators. To date around 1200 optical supernova outbursts have been discovered, the vast majority in external galaxies. A catalog of supernovae is given by Barbon, Cappellaro, and Turatto [1]. For access to supernova information on the World Wide Web, see http://cssa.stanford.edu/marcos/sne.html.
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Wheeler, J. C., & Benetti, S. (2002). Supernovae. In Allen’s Astrophysical Quantities (pp. 451–469). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1186-0_18
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