Other designations SN 2004gt Spectral class Ic Right ascension 12 01 50.37 | Event type Supernova Constellation Corvus Declination −18° 52′ 12.7″ | |
Similar NGC 4038 Group, NGC 4027, NGC 4361, NGC 4039, Gamma Corvi | ||
SN 2004GT was a type Ic supernova that happened in the interacting galaxy NGC 4038 on December 12, 2004. The event occurred in a region of condensed matter in the western spiral arm. The progenitor was not identified from older images of the galaxy, and is either a type WC Wolf-Rayet star with a mass over 40 times that of the Sun, or a star 20 to 40 times as massive as the Sun in a binary star system.
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