An unusually brilliant transient in the galaxy M85

Nature

Volumn 447, Issue 7143, 2007, Pages 458-460

  Kulkarni, S R ^a   Ofek, E O ^a   Rau, A ^a   Cenko, S B ^a   Soderberg, A M ^a   Fox, D B ^b   Gal Yam, A ^a   Capak, P L ^a   Moon, D S ^a   Li, W ^c   Filippenko, A V ^c   Egami, E ^d   Kartaltepe, J ^e   Sanders, D B ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; OPTICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY;

EID: 34249340146     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05822     Document Type: Article

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