SN 2004GT was a type Ic supernova that happened in the interacting galaxy NGC 4038 on December 12, 2004. The event occurred in a region of condensed matter in the western spiral arm.[2] The progenitor was not identified from older images of the galaxy, and is either a type WC Wolf-Rayet star with a mass over 40 times that of the Sun, or a star 20 to 40 times as massive as the Sun in a binary star system.[3]
| Event type | Supernova  |
|---|---|
| Ic[1] | |
| Constellation | Corvus |
| Right ascension | 12h 01m 50.37s[2] |
| Declination | −18° 52′ 12.7″[2] |
| Epoch | J2000.0 |
| Galactic coordinates | 286.9460 +42.4568 (34" W, 10" S) |
| Distance | 63 Mly (19.2 Mpc)[3] |
| Host | NGC 4038 |
| Peak apparent magnitude | 14.9[2] |
| Other designations | SN 2004gt |
References
External links
- Light curves and spectra Archived 2017-12-02 at the Wayback Machine on the Open Supernova Catalog
- Simbad