SCP 06F6: A CARBON-RICH EXTRAGALACTIC TRANSIENT AT REDSHIFT z ≃ 0.14?
@article{Gaensicke2008SCP0A, title={SCP 06F6: A CARBON-RICH EXTRAGALACTIC TRANSIENT AT REDSHIFT z ≃ 0.14?}, author={B. Gaensicke and A. Levan and T. Marsh and P. Wheatley}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2008}, volume={697} }
We show that the spectrum of the unusual transient SCP?06F6 is consistent with emission from a cool, optically thick and carbon-rich atmosphere if the transient is located at a redshift of z 0.14. The implied extragalactic nature of the transient rules out novae, shell flashes, and V838?Mon-like events as causes of the observed brightening. The distance to SCP?06F6 implies a peak magnitude of MI ?18, in the regime of supernovae (SNe). While the morphology of the light curve of SCP?06F6 around… CONTINUE READING
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