Supernova 1999cc in Spiral Galaxy NGC 6038

The following is the data on Supernova 1999cc:

Discovered: May 8th, 1999, by Mr. Mike Schwartz, of the USA, using his automated C-14 supernova search telescope.

• Magnitude 16.3 at discovery
• Type Ia

From IAU Bulletin 7169 (5/14/99):

Spectra obtained by P. Berlind ...... shows this to be a type-Ia supernova before maximum brightness. .....the photospheric (expansion) velocity (is about) 12,300 km/s .....

Follow this Link to a NASA Web site on supernovas. It has a very nice animation and a description of what these objects are.

Spiral Galaxy NGC 6038:

NGC 6038 is a rather normal face on Sc Spiral Galaxy that appears small and dim because of it's great distance.

Dreyer's description from the New General Catalog(NGC): Very faint, small, round; 10th magnitude star southeast.

Based on the published red shift, a rough distance estimate for NGC 6038 and supernova 1999cc is: 494,000,000 light years, with the galaxy being 158,000 light years in diameter.

• Magnitude: 14.2
• RA: 16h 02m 40.5s
• Dec: +37°21'31" Epoch 2000
• Size (mins) 1.1' x 1.1'
• Constellation: Corona Borealis
• Classification: SAc
• Spiral Galaxy

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George Normandin, KAS

June 14th, 1999