Journal article
Light Echoes of Historic Transients
Abstract
Abstract
Light echoes, light from a variable source scattered off dust, have been observed for over a century. The recent discovery of light echoes around centuries-old supernovae in the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud have allowed the spectroscopic characterization of these events, even without contemporaneous photometry and spectroscopy using modern instrumentation. Here we review the recent scientific advances …
Authors
Rest A; Sinnott B; Welch DL; Prieto JL; Bianco F
Journal
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 9, No. S296, pp. 126–134
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
January 2013
DOI
10.1017/s1743921313009356
ISSN
1743-9213