Astronomers discover 12 new long-rising Type II supernovae
Monday, June 12, 2023 - 08:43
in Astronomy & Space
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of 12 new long-rising Type II supernovae as part of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) Census of the Local Universe (CLU). The discovery, published June 1 on the arXiv pre-print repository, nearly doubles the number of known supernovae of this subclass.