Adaptive optics discovery of supernova 2004ip in the nuclear regions of the luminous infrared galaxy IRAS 18293-3413

S. Mattila; P. Väisänen; D. Farrah; A. Efstathiou; W. P. S. Meikle; T. Dahlen; C. Fransson; P. Lira; P. Lundqvist; G. Östlin; S. Ryder; J. Sollerman

doi:10.1086/516821

Adaptive optics discovery of supernova 2004ip in the nuclear regions of the luminous infrared galaxy IRAS 18293-3413

S. Mattila^*, P. Väisänen, D. Farrah, A. Efstathiou, W. P. S. Meikle, T. Dahlen, C. Fransson, P. Lira, P. Lundqvist, G. Östlin, S. Ryder, J. Sollerman

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We report a supernova discovery in K_s-band images from the NAOS CONICA adaptive optics (AO) system on the ESO Very Large Telescope. The images were obtained as part of a near-infrared search for highly obscured supernovae in the nuclear regions of luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies. SN 2004ip is located within a circumnuclear starburst at 1.4″ (or 500 pc) projected distance from the K-band nucleus of the luminous infrared galaxy IRAS 18293 -3413. The supernova luminosity and light curve are consistent with a core-collapse event suffering from a host galaxy extinction of up to about 40 mag in the V band, which is as expected for a circumnuclear starburst environment. This is the first supernova to be discovered making use of AO correction and demonstrates the potential of the current 8 m-class telescopes equipped with AO in discovering supernovae from the innermost nuclear regions of luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L9-L12
Number of pages	4
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	659
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/516821
Publication status	Published - 10 Apr 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Galaxies: individual (IRAS 18293-3413)
Galaxies: starburst
Infrared: galaxies
Instrumentation: adaptive optics
Supernovae: general

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