A team of Indian researchers has discovered a very rare superluminous supernova (SLSNe) using special arrangements on the Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT-3.6m), Nainital, Uttarakhand, and 2 Indian telescopes – the Sampurnanand Telescope (1.04 m), Nainital, and the Himalayas.
*The study was led by Ph.D., Amit Kumar. Dr. S.P. Pandey. It is published in the monthly announcements of the Royal Astronomical Society of England.
*This study established the role of DOT 3.6 in exploring the very rare and distant SLSNe in the future.
About SLSNe:
SLSNe is a very bright, hydrogen-deficient, fast-growing supernova that glows with a powerful type of magnetic field with energy borrowed from an attractive neutron star. They are the least understood supernova (SNe) because their basic sources are unclear.
*An in-depth study of such ancient spatial objects will help to unravel the mysteries of the early universe
*They are formed from very large stars (the minimum mass range is 25 times greater than that of the Sun) and their distribution in the galaxy is very small.
*SLSNe-I has so far been spectroscopically confirmed for 150 companies.
*First discovered by the Zwicky Transcend facility on January 19, 2020, the ‘SN 2020 Bank’ was surveyed by scientists at the Aryabhata Research Institute in Nainital, a research institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST).