Bright Supernovae - 2002.
Bright Supernovae - 2002
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IAU Circulars
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An archive of the 2002 updates
to this page is available.
This is a list of the SN discovered in 2002.
For supernovae that are still visible, please look at the
main page.
For more information,
you can look at the following Supernova Catalogs:
IAU List of Supernovae since 1885
2002 has turned out to be an interesting year.  First
2002ap, a rare Hypernova
in a Messier galaxy!  It didn't get as bright as expected (only
Mag 12.3, and not 10.0 as originally predicted), but it put on
a good show until going into solar conjunction. 
Next we had a supprise with 2002ao which
dropped from a nice bright mag 13 to mag 16 in 3 days. 
A very dramatic drop for a supernova. 
For the year 2002,
334 supernovae were reported
(307 last year) a new record.  
64 in NGC and IC galaxies (63 last year),
122 got brighter than 18th Mag (94 last year). 
9 extragalactic novae were also reported.  
The brightest supernova reported for the year was
2002ap at mag 12.3
followed by
2002ao at mag 13.1,
and 2002fk at mag 13.2.
Possible supernova,
IAUC 8992
2002/10/16.3,
NGC 972,
Mag 14.7
2002lu, 2002lv,
IAUC 8311
discovered 2002/09/23.7 by
HST
the brighest of which was mag 22.0.
(References: IAUC 8312)
2002lt,
IAUC 8197
discovered 2003/01/09.7 by
INAF
at Mag 24.5 (= GRB 021211)
(References: GCN 1734).
(KAIT images)
(RAPTOR image)
(HST image)
2002li - 2002ls,
IAUC 8181
discovered 2002/06/04-07 by
Omega and Lambda from Supernovae,
and the Physics of Supernova Explosions
the brighest of which was mag 18.3.
2002lh,
IAUC 8169
discovered 2002/04 by Nordic Optical Telescope
near Abel 1961
type Ia currently at Mag < 27.
2002lg,
IAUC 8150
discovered 2002/07/04.2 by HST in
Chandra deep field south
currently at Mag < 26.5.
2002le, 2002lf,
IAUC 8149
discovered 2002/05/07 and 2002/05/13 by
Nearby Supernova Factory
currently at Mag < 19.4.
2002kz - 2002ld,
IAUC 8121
discovered 2002/11/03.3 by
Subaru high-redshift supernova
search group
the brightest of which was Mag 24.3
2002km - 2002ky,
IAUC 8119
discovered 2002/11/03.3 by
Subaru high-redshift supernova
search group
the brightest of which was Mag 23.4
(References: IAUC 8120,
8259)
2002kl,
IAUC 8083
discovered 2002/11/21.76 by
HST
at Mag < 28
2002kk,
IAUC 8066
discovered 2002/08/15.4 by
Nearby Supernova Factory
type Ia at Mag < 20.5 (8/26:19.0).
(References: vsnet-campaign-sn 554)
2002kj,
IAUC 8053
discovered 2002/12/01.35 by
Nearby Supernova Factory
at mag 18.9
(References: vsnet-campaign-sn 541)
2002kh - 2002ki,
IAUC 8052
discovered 2002/11/22 by
HST GOODS team
the brightest of which is mag 24.2.
(HST images)
2002kb - 2002ke,
IAUC 8038
discovered 2002/07/31, 2002/12/21 by
HST GOODS team
the brightest of which is mag 21.7.
2002jq - 2002jx,
IAUC 8034
discovered 2002/11/06-2002/12/06 by
ESSENCE project
the brightest of which is mag 21.6.
(Discovery images)
(CSP/LCO 2002jv image)
(CSP/LCO 2002jx image)
2002jl,
IAUC 8027
discovered 2002/11/19 by
Nearby Supernova Factory
at mag 19.3.
(CSP/LOC image)
2002jh,
IAUC 8023
discovered 2002/11/12.48 by
Nearby Supernova Factory
at mag 18.6.
(CSP/LCO image)
(References: IAUC 8027; vsnet-campaign-sn 515)
2002iu - 2002jd,
IAUC 8021
discovered 2002