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Radio Supernova Candidates in the M82 Starburst

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Philipp P. Kronberg
Philipp P. Kronberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto MIC 1A4, Canada

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An entire population of radio supernova and SNR candidates has been discovered and monitored in the region near M82’s nucleus. VLA maps at a resolution of 150 milliarcseconds have thus far detected the order of 100 discrete radio sources in the inner 600 pc nuclear region. None is optically identified due to obscuration, but the brightest sources have radio luminosities and variability behaviour which are comparable to some identified radio SN in other nearby galaxies.

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Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 7: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XIXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1985 , 1986 , pp. 665 - 667
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986

References

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