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Supernova SN 2009bw discovered at Taurus Hill Observatory

Markku Nissinen, Esa Heikkinen and Veli-Pekka Hentunen made the third supernova discovery for the year 2009 27./28.3.2009 when they observed the supernova SN 2009bw in the galaxy UGC 2890. The brightness of the SN 2009bw was about 16 magnitudes when discovered. The type of the supernova, according to measurements, is type II.

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1: Taurus Hill Observatory supernova observations in Nature article.
"A low-energy core-collapse supernova without a hydrogen envelope" -article was published in a well known Nature publication 4th of June.

2: SN 2009bw is getting even dimmer
SN 2008bw, Messier 3 and Messier 92 were still visible with the CCD -camera.

3: SN 2008ip, SN 2009N, SN 2009bw and Messier 13 observed
Some last pictures of the observing season 2008-2009.

4: Taurus Hill Observatory organize a Galileoscope event 10.6.
Galileoscope event, organized 10th of June, is one part of the International Year of Astronomy activities of the observatory.

5: SN 2009bw observed again at Taurus Hill Observatory.
SN 2009bw is getting dimmer.

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