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The progenitor of SN1987A
Panagia, N.; Talavera, A.; Clavel, J. +6 more
One of the reasons why the bright supernova SN1987A is of such importance is the fact that its proximity would allow for the first time, the identification of a supernova progenitor star. Attempts to establish which star was the progenitor have led to uncertainties, however. Here we use spatial and spectroscopic information from International Ultr…
Ultraviolet detection of the nucleus of NGC2440
Heap, S. R.
In a recent letter, Atherton et al.1 announced the detection of the central, exciting star of the planetary nebula, NGC2440, on a narrow-band charge-coupled device (CCD) image obtained under excellent seeing conditions (1 arc s). They found it to be one of the hottest stars known. Here, we report the detection of the same star in ultrav…