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SN 2008ax

2008 supernova event in constellation Canes Venatici

Field	Value
name	SN 2008ax
image	File:SN2008axHunterWilson.jpg
image_size	275px
caption	Position of SN 2008ax in NGC 4490; image courtesy of Hunter Wilson
event_type	Supernova
class	Type Ib
start_time	3 March 2008
constellation	Canes Venatici
ra
dec
epoch	J2000.0
gal	b = 137.95°, l = +74.88°
distance	9.6 Mpc
source	NGC 4490
peak	+13.0

| b-v = SN 2008ax was a helium-rich type Ib core-collapse supernova in the interacting galaxy NGC 4490. It was independently discovered on 3 March 2008 by LOSS and 4 March by Koichi Itagaki. The site had been monitored six hours before discovery, thus constraining the time of the explosion breakout. It was the third-brightest supernova of 2008. The brightness in the B-band peaked about 20 days after the explosion. X-ray emissions were detected from the event, which are most likely the result of shock heating from the supernova ejecta and circumstellar material.

Images of the source location made using the Hubble Space Telescope in 2011 and 2013 were used to identify the progenitor. If it was a single star, the images are compatible with a supergiant star with a class of B to mid-A type. However, this is not favored by models which indicate the progenitor had a relatively low mass of 4– and extended hydrogen-rich atmosphere with a radius of 30–. An alternative, more plausible model suggests the progenitor was part of an interacting binary system where much of the atmosphere was lost through mass transfer to the companion.

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