A massive hypergiant star as the progenitor of the supernova SN 2005gl

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7240, 2009, Pages 865-867

  Gal Yam, A ^a   Leonard, D C ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION; EXPLOSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67349095613     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07934     Document Type: Article

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