Texas Supernova Search

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Texas Supernova Search is one of many ongoing projects to identify and record supernova events. The project is led by Robert Quimby and to date has found 35 supernovae, 29 of which they were the first to report on. In addition they have discovered 12 novae (including a probable LBV), in M31 and M33 and 6 dwarf novae.

The project's most notable successes are SN 2005ap and SN 2006gy, the 2 most powerful supernovae yet recorded. SN 2005ap was an extremely energetic type II supernova. It is reported to be the brightest supernova yet recorded, twice as bright as the previous record holder, SN 2006gy. Although SN 2005ap was twice as bright at its peak than SN 2006gy it was not as energetic overall as the former brightened and dimmed in a typical period of a few days whereas the latter remained very bright for many months. SN2005ap was about 300 times brighter than normal for a type II supernova. It has been speculated that this supernaove involved the formation of a quark star.

Time magazine listed the discovery of SN 2006gy as third in its Top 10 Scientific Discoveries for 2007.

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v t e Supernovae

Classes	Type Ia Type Ib and Ic Type II (IIP and IIL)

Related	Near-Earth supernova Supernova impostor Hypernova Quark-nova Pulsar kicks

Structure	Pair-instability supernova Supernova nucleosynthesis P-process R-process Gamma-ray burst Carbon detonation

Progenitors	Luminous blue variable Wolf–Rayet star Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow White dwarf Related links

Remnants	Supernova remnant Neutron star Pulsar Magnetar Related links Stellar black hole Related links Compact star Quark star Exotic star

Discovery	Guest star History of supernova observation Timeline of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovae

Lists	Notable supernovae Supernova remnants Candidates Most distant Massive stars In fiction

Notable	Crab Crab Nebula Tycho's Kepler's SN 1987A SN 185 SN 1006 SN 2003fg Vela Remnant Remnant G1.9+0.3 SN 2007bi SN 2014J

Research	Supernova Cosmology Project High-z Supernova Search Team Texas Supernova Search Nearby Supernova Factory Supernova Legacy Survey Supernova Early Warning System Monte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey Supernova/Acceleration Probe Sloan Supernova Survey

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