Recovery of the historical SN1957D in X-rays with Chandra

SN1957D, located in one of the spiral arms of M83, is one of the small number of extragalactic supernovae (SNe) that has remained detectable at radio and optical wavelengths during the decades after its explosion. Here, we report the first detection of SN1957D in X-rays, as part of a 729 ks observat...

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Main Authors: Long, K., Blair, W., Godfrey, Leith, Kuntz, K., Plucinsky, P., Soria, Roberto, Stockdale, C., Whitmore, B., Winkler, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc. 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27563