Event type | Supernova |
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Date | c. 9.34 billion years ago (discovered 11 November 2014 by the Hubble Space Telescope) |
Constellation | Leo |
Right ascension | 11h 49m 35.45s[1] |
Declination | 22° 23′ 44.84″[1] |
Epoch | J2000 |
Distance | c. 14.4 billion ly |
Redshift | z=1.49[1] |
Host | SP 1149 |
Notable features | First multiply-lensed supernova |
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SN Refsdal is the first detected multiply-lensed supernova, visible within the field of the galaxy cluster MACS J1149+2223. It was named after Norwegian astrophysicist Sjur Refsdal, who, in 1964, first proposed using time-delayed images from a lensed supernova to study the expansion of the universe.[1][2][3] The observations were made using the Hubble Space Telescope.[4]
Einstein cross
The host galaxy of SN Refsdal is at a redshift of 1.49, corresponding to a comoving distance of 14.4 billion light-years and a lookback time of 9.34 billion years.[5] The multiple images are arranged around the elliptical galaxy at z = 0.54 in a cross-shaped pattern, also known as an "Einstein cross".[1]
Reappearance
After the discovery of the supernova, astronomers predicted that they would be able to see it again in about one year, after the four images had faded away. This is because the initially observed four-image pattern was only one component of the lensing display. The supernova may also have appeared as a single image some 40–50 years ago elsewhere in the cluster field.[1]
The supernova reappeared at the predicted position between 14 November and 11 December 2015[6] (with the exact date being uncertain by approximately one month which is the interval between two consecutive Hubble observations),[7] in excellent agreement with the blind model predictions made before the reappearance was observed.[8][9][10] The time delay between the original quadruplet observed in 2014 and the latest appearance of the supernova in 2015 was used to infer the value of the Hubble constant. This is the first time this technique, originally suggested by Refsdal, has been applied to supernovae.[11]
Using measurements from SN Refsdal and galaxy cluster lens models, astronomers found that the Hubble constant has value H0 = 66.6+4.1
−3.3 km s−1 Mpc−1.[12]
Other multiply-lensed supernova
Other reported multiply-lensed supernova are iPTF16geu,[13][14][15] SN Requiem (AT2016jka),[16][17][18][15] Supernova Zwicky (SN 2022qmx),[19][20][15] Chen et al SN,[21][15] SN H0pe[22][15] and SN 2022riv.[23]
The same way as with SN Refsdal among these SN H0pe has also been used too to measure the value of the Hubble constant using the relative delay in the arrival between images.[24][25]
See also
- Einstein Cross, the gravitationally lensed quasar that gave rise to the term "Einstein cross"
- How One Supernova Measured The Universe
References
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External links
- Images of first SN Refsdal in March and reappeared in December 2015 at hubblesite.org
- NASA’s Hubble Discovers Four Images of Same Supernova Split by Cosmic Lens - by NASA
- Predicted Reappearance of SN Refsdal (March 2015)
- The image taken by Hubble around November 2015 shows new supernovae 'SX' in multiply image system at astro.berkeley.edu.
- Hubble Hangout December 17 2015 discussing SN Refsdal
- View of Exploding Star Appears, Right on Cue National Geographic Society 17 December 2015