Optical surveys miss between 20% and 80% of core-collapse supernova

The fraction of core-collapse supernovae that remain undetected due to obscuration by dust reaches one in five for nearby galaxies and four in five for distant galaxies. The number of detected supernovae helps determine the cosmic star formation history

 

Arp 299
25/09/2012

Par de galaxias Arp 299 en interacción

Reference: 

S. Mattila et al. Core-collapse supernovae missed by optical surveys. The Astrophysical Journal. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/756/2/111.

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