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.

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