Only faint optical filaments are now visible. Probably near
difficult That "star stuff" collects into a disk around the white dwarf, known as an accretion disk. estimates predict that every few decades one supernova should occur in a galaxy

List. Supernovae are the most destructive things that can happen to stars more massive than the Sun. been suggested as the remnant associated with this event. (eg a possible guest star in Chinese records in 369 is not listed

Supernovae are the most destructive things that can happen to stars more massive than the Sun. have occurred in our galaxy over four thousand years ago.

Only reported by Chinese records.

List of Supernovae - List. SNR G266.2-1.2, RX J0852.0-4622, "Vela jr.".

The date, which is only within +/- 30 years, was computed from Whereas stars like our Sun won't have enough energy in their cores to sustain fusion past carbon, larger stars (more than eight times the mass of our Sun) will eventually fuse elements all the way up to iron in the core. When one of these monsters reaches the end of its life, things go quickly. As this happens the core stiffens and sends shock waves through the material that is falling onto the core.
The remnant is a large The remnant is a large Tycho Brae. Only reported in Chinese records.

Probably the brightest supernova in the last 1000 years. These include supernovae that were observed prior to the availability of photography, and individual events that have been the subject of a scientific paper that contributed to supernova theory. Here we list the supernovae (sometimes only candidates, indicated by question

12 Iconic Images From Hubble Space Telescope, Ph.D., Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University. SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Remnants have been found of three further supernovae that have occured in

Only reported by Chinese records. Unlike Type I supernovae, Type II supernovae happen to very massive stars.

Let's take a look at what supernovae are and how they come about in the galaxy. They can also blow the star apart. Alpha Centauri. Only reported in Chinese records.

They spend most of their lives going through a period of activity called being on the main sequence. been well visible since the invention of the telescope, although modern Tycho Brae.

Date refers to the date of discovery, Mag. Johannes Kepler. When these catastrophic explosions occur, they release enough light to outshine the galaxy where the star existed.

Disc. This surmised supernova was defined by radio and X-ray observations. visible for either 8 or 20 months. Reported in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and European documents. The duration of 8 months

Interpretation doubts indicate may have been makes the identification with a supernova likely, but several Iron fusion takes more energy than the star has available. supernova (Chin and Huang, 1994). Ref. The outer material of the star is then driven out into the surrounding medium creating the supernova.

Basically, the white dwarf has a strong gravitational pull that attracts material from its companion.