Supernovae in Messier Catalog Galaxies (original) (raw)

Listed below are the 62 supernovae (+ one non-SN former candidate) discovered in Messier's galaxies up to the time of this writing (August 2013), plus one in the "surplus" galaxy M51B (NGC 5195), and two in surplus M109B (NGC 3953).

Also note our short table sorted by galaxy. Parts of the data taken from the CfA/Harvard All Supernova List.

SN Galaxy Date Offset Mag. Type Reference Discoverer(s)

1885A M31 17 Aug 1885 15.0W 4.0S 5.8 I AN 2685 Hartwig (S And) 1901B M100 17 Mar 1900 110.0W 4.0N 15.6 unk Lick O.B. 300 Curtis 1909A M101 26 Jan 1909 620.0W 408.0N 12.1 unk AN 4311 Wolf (SS UMa) 1914A M100 2 Mar 1914 24.0E 111.0S 15.7 unk Lick O.B. 300 Curtis 1919A M87 24 Feb 1919 15.0W 100.0N 12.3 unk AN 5144 Balanowsky 1923A M83 5 May 1923 109.0E 58.0N 14.0 unk PASP 34, PA 31 Lampland 1926A M61 9 May 1926 11.0W 69.0N 14.0 II IAUC 111 Wolf, Reinmuth 1939B M59 19 May 1939 0.0 53.0S 11.9 unk IAUC 774 Zwicky 1945A M51B 8 Apr 1945 6.0W 4.0S 14.9 unk IAUC 1018 Humason 1945B M83 13 Jul 1945 97.0W 175.0S 14.2 unk IAUC 5091 Liller 1950B M83 15 Mar 1950 105.0W 0.0N 14.5 unk HAC 1074 Haro 1951H M101 Sep 1951 350.0E 45.0N 17.5 unk
1956A M109 8 Mar 1956 67.0E 9.0S 12.3 Ia Gates 1957B M84 23 Apr 1957 8.0W 47.0N 12.5 Ia IAUC 1600 Romano, Gates 1957D M83 Dec 1957 41.0W 145.0N 15.0 unk Gates 1959E M100 21 Feb 1960 58.0E 21.0S 17.5 unk PASP 73, 175 Humason 1960R M85 20 Dec 1960 8.0E 132.0S 12.0 Ia IAUC 1750 Gates, Rosino 1961I M61 3 Jun 1961 82.0E 12.0S 13.0 II IAUC 1761 Humason 1964F M61 Jun 1964 28.0W 1.0S 14.0 II IAUC 1868 Rosino 1967H M99 2 Jul 1967 80.0E 19.0S 14.6 unk IAUC 2021 Zwicky 1968L M83 17 Jul 1968 5.0W 0.0N 11.9 II IAUC 2085 Bennett 1969B M108 6 Feb 1969 116.0W 20.0S 16.0 unk IAUC 2131 Wild, Balazs 1969Q? M49 Jun 1969 120.0E 0.0 13.0 unk IAUC 2153 Evans 1970G M101 30 Jul 1970 97.0W 370.0S 11.5 II IAUC 2269 Lovas 1971I M63 24 May 1971 2.0W 147.0S 11.5 Ia IAUC 2330 Jolly, Clark 1972Q M99 14 Dec 1972 15.0E 97.0N 15.8 unk IAUC 2472 Rosino 1973R M66 19 Dec 1973 49.0W 25.0N 14.5 II IAUC 2615 Rosino 1979C M100 19 Apr 1979 56.0E 87.0S 12.1 IIL IAUC 3348 Johnson 1980I M84 13 Jun 1980 14.0 Ia-p IAUC 3492 Rosker 1981K M106 3 Nov 1981 17.0E 76.0N 17.0 II IAUC 3803 Hummel, Wild 1983N M83 3 Jul 1983 120.0W 130.0S 12.5 Ib IAUC 3835 Evans 1986D - M82 no SN ! 9.0W 2.0S IAUC 4197 Lebofsky, Rieke, Kailey 1986I M99 17 May 1986 36.0E 16.0S 14.0 II IAUC 4219 Pennypacker et al. 1988A M58 16 Jan 1988 0.0W 40.0S 13.5 II IAUC 4533 Ikeya, Evans, Pollas, Horiguchi 1989B M66 30 Jan 1989 15.0W 50.0N 13 Ia IAUC 4726 Evans, Manzini 1989M M58 28 Jun 1989 40.0W 33.0N 12.2 Ia IAUC 4802 Kimeridze 1991bg M84 3 Dec 1991 20.0E 80.0S 14.8 Ia-p IAUC 5400 Kushida 1993J M81 28 Mar 1993 45.0W 160.0S 10.2 IIb IAUC 5731 Garcia 1994I M51 2 Apr 1994 14.0E 12.0S 13.5 Ic? IAUC 5961 Puckett, Armstrong, Johnson, Millar, Berry, Kushida 1997bs M66 15 Apr 1997 13.0W 67.0S 17.0 LBV IAUC 6627 Lick Observatory Supernova Search 1998bu M96 9 May 1998 4.3E 55.3N 11.8 Ia IAUC 6899 Villi 1999cl M88 29 May 1999 46.0W 23.0N 13.6 Ia IAUC 7185 Lick Observatory Supernova Search 1999gn M61 17 Dec 1999 31.7E 39.8S 15.5 II IAUC 7335 Dimai 2001dp M109B 12 Aug 2001 34.8W 80.2N 14.5 Ia IAUC 7683 Migliardi, Dal Farra 2002ap M74 29 Jan 2002 258.0W 108.0S 13.7 Ib/cp IAUC 7810 Yoji Hirose 2003gd M74 12 Jun 2003 13.2E 161.0S 13.2 II IAUC 8150 Evans 2004W M60 29 Jan 2004 51.6W 78.7S 18.8 Ia IAUC 8286 Lick Observatory Supernova Search 2004am M82 21 Nov 2003 30.0W 7.0S 16.0 II IAUC 8297 Lick Observatory Supernova Search 2005cs M51 27 Jun 2005 15.0W 67.3S 13.5 II IAUC 8553 Wolfgang Kloehr 2006X M100 7 Feb 2006 12.0W 48.0S 15.3 Ia IAUC 8667 Shoji Suzuki, M. Migliardi (CROSS) 2006bp M109B 9 Apr 2006 62.0E 93.0N 16.7 II CBET 470 Koichi Itagaki 2006ov M61 24 Nov 2006 5.5E 51.0N 14.8 II CBET 756 Koichi Itagaki 2008in M61 26 Dec 2008 102.0E 22.0N 14.3 IIP CBET 1638 Koichi Itagaki 2008iz M82 24 Mar 2008 2.0W 1.3S 20.0 II CBET 1803 Brunthaler e.a. (VLA) Poss SN M82 1-5 May 2009 ATel 2073 Muxlow e.a. (MERLIN) 2009hd M66 2 Jul 2009 28.0E 42.0S 15.8 IIP CBET 1867 Berto Monard 2011dh M51 31 May 2011 138.0E 92.0N 14.2 IIb CBET 2736 Reiland, Griga, Riou, Lamotte Bailey 2011fe M101 24 Aug 2011 58.6E 270.7S 9.9 Ia CBET 2792 Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) 2012aw M95 16 Mar 2012 60.0W 115.0S 13.1 IIp CBET 3054 Paolo Fagotti, Jure Skvarc 2013am M65 21 Mar 2013 15.3E 103.2S 15.6 II CBET 3440 M. Sugano 2013ej M74 25 Jul 2013 92.0E 135.0S 13.5 IIp CBET 3606 Kim, Zheng et al. (LOSS) 2014J M82 21 Jan 2014 54.0W 21.0S 10.0 Ia-HV CBET 3792 Steve J. Fossey 2014L M99 26 Jan 2014 14.0W 16.0S 15.4 Ic CBET 3795 Zhang, Wang et.al. (THU-NAOC) PSN2014 M61 23 Mar 2014 2.0W 8.0S 20.0 ATel 6016 LOSS - probable nova! 2014bc M106 20 May 2014 1.0E 3.0S 14.8 IIP CBET 3876 PS1 Science Cons. 2014dt M61 29 Oct 2014 33.2E 7.2N 13.2 Ia-p CBET 4011 Koichi Itagaki 2016cok M66 28 May 2016 61.4E 34.0S 16.1 IIP ATel 9091 ASAS-SN (ASASSN-16fq) 2017dfc M63 09 Apr 2017 63.7 E 28.4N 18.8 Ia 2017dfc TNS Delgado ea/GaiaAlerts 2018ivc M77 24 Nov 2018 8.7E 16.1N 13.2 II ATel 12239 Valentini ea/DLT40 AT2018kkt M64 19 Dec 2018 19.4 LBV AT2018kkt TNS Nordin ea/ZTF AT2019abn M51 22 Jan 2019 140.8E 153.2S 16.6 LBV AT2019abn TNS Nordin ea/ZTF 2019ehk M100 29 Apr 2019 18.7W 15.1N 15.8 Ib 2019ehk TNS Grzegorzek/PSH AT2019txw M64 02 Jun 2019 20.1 unk AT2019txw TNS K. De/ZTF 2019krl M74 06 Jul 2019 113.8W 15.1S 21.0 IIn? 2019krl TNS LBV? - Anna Ho 2020oi M100 07 Jan 2020 1.3W 6.5N 13.2 Ic 2020oi TNS Forster ea/ALeRCE AT2020inm M104 26 Apr 2020 20.0 unk AT2020inm TNS Chambers ea/Pan-STARRS1 2020jfo M61 06 May 2020 66.0E 29.0N 14.3 IIP 2020jfo TNS Nordin ea/ZTF 2020nlb M85 25 Jun 2020 1.0W 43.2N 12.0 Ia 2020nlb TNS Tonty ea/ATLAS 2023dbc M108 13 Mar 2023 69.7W 2.4N 16.7 Ic 2023dbc TNS Koichi Itagaki 2023ixf M101 19 May 2023 227.7W 134.1S 11.9 II 2023ixf TNS Anna Ho/ZTF

Note: M51B is NGC 5195, M109B is NGC 3953.

Links

• Supernovae in NGC and IC galaxies by David Bishop
• The Supernova Pages List
• International Supernova Network
• Recent Supernovae List
• Lists of Recent and all supernovae detected
• Supernova Remnants

References

Listed below are the non-IAUC, non-CBET references given above:

• AN 2685:Ernst Hartwig, 1885. Ueber den neuen Stern im grossen Andromeda-Nebel. Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 112, No. 2685, col. 355-360 [ADS: 1885AN....112..355H]
• AN 4311:Max Wolf, 1909. Var. 6.1909 Ursae majoris. Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 180, No. 4311, col. 245/6 [ADS: 1909AN....180..245W]
• AN 5144:I. Balanowsky, 1922. Ein merkwürdiger veränderlicher oder Neuer Stern (1.1922 Virginis). Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 215, No. 5144, col. 215/6 [ADS: 1922AN....215..215B]
• HAC 1074: ??
• Lick OB 300:Heber Doust Curtis, 1916. Three novae in spiral nebulae. Bulletin Number 300. Lick Observatory Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 300, pp. 108-110 [ADS: 1916LicOB...9..108C]
• PA 31:C.O. Lampland, 1923a. Observations of the light of the new star in the spiral nebula N.G.C. 5236 (Messier 83). Popular Astronomy, Vol. 31, pp. 648-649 [ADS: 1923PA.....31..648L]
• PASP 35:C.O. Lampland, 1923b. Lampland's Note on a Nova. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 35, No. 205, pp. 166-167 (June 1923) [ADS: 1923PASP...35..166.]
• PASP 73, 175:Milton L. Humason, Alercio M. Gomes, and C.E. Kearns, 1961. The 1960 Palomar Supernova Search. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 73, No. 432, pp. 175-181 [ADS: 1961PASP...73..175H] Note we are currently missing a discovery reference for 1951H in M101 (including discoverer), 1956A in M109, and 1957D in M83. and the data for the reference "HAC 1074" for 1950B in M83.

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