2011/10/27 by D. Yu. Tsvetkov, P. V. Balanutsa, V. M. Lipunov +15 · 2 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Halo #Light curve #Luminosity #Photometry (optics) #Sky #Spiral galaxy #Supernova #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1134/s1063773711110053
published in Astronomy Letters 37(11), 775-782 (Pleiades Publishing)
openalex publication_date 2011/10/27 · arxiv created 2012/05/31 · arxiv updated 2012/06/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present the results of our UBVRI CCD photometry for the second brightest supernova of 2009, SN 2009nr, discovered during a sky survey with the telescopes of the MASTER robotic network. Its light and color curves and bolometric light curves have been constructed. The light-curve parameters and the maximum luminosity have been determined. SN 2009nr is shown to be similar in light-curve shape and maximum luminosity to SN 1991T, which is the prototype of the class of supernovae Ia with an enhanced luminosity. SN 2009nr exploded far from the center of the spiral galaxy UGC 8255 and most likely belongs to its old halo population. We hypothesize that this explosion is a consequence of the merger of white dwarfs.