According to Kool the results coming from SUNBIRD reveal that their new approach provides a powerful tool for uncovering core - collapse supernova in nuclear regions of galaxies. (gemini.edu)
When compared to the total sample of LIRG CCSNe discovered in the near - IR and optical, we show that our method is singularly effective in uncovering CCSNe in nuclear regions and we conclude that the majority of CCSNe exploding in LIRGs are not detected as a result of dust obscuration and poor spatial resolution. (gemini.edu)
Remarkably, these supernovae were spotted as close as 600 light years from the bright nuclear regions of these galaxies — despite being at least 150 million light years from the Earth. (gemini.edu)