Supernova 1997bs in M66

Supernova 1997bs was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search Team as it occurred on April 15, 1997 at 13" west, 67" south of the galaxy's center and reached mag 17.0. This supernova was of peculiar type IIn.

The gorgeous image displayed in this page was obtained by Martin Altmann of the Sternwarte Bonn and is copyrighted.

SN 1997bs discovery announce (IAU circular 6627)
Messier Galaxies and their Supernovae and Supernovae in Messier Catalog Galaxies pages

Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

Last Modification: 11 Jun 1999, 12:40 MET