Types of Supernovae: How to Distinguish Them

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pixel01

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Nov 13, 2007

Hi all

Can anyone help me how to distingush among them?

Thank you.

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malawi_glenn

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Nov 13, 2007

type Ia : White dwarf exploding in binary system.
type Ib,c ; II : Core collapse SN

type I has no Hydrogen spectral lines while type II has.

Do you own a book in astronomy?

See links:
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/208/mar1/supernovae.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova

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