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

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Hartmut Frommert

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Christine Kronberg

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Last Modification: 11 Jun 1999, 12:40 MET