SN 2005bc was a Type Ia supernova[3] occurring in the barred spiral galaxyNGC 5698,[1] located in the northern constellation of Boötes. SN 2005bc was discovered on 2 April 2005 by LOSS and independently by Tim Puckett and L. Cox.[4] It was positioned at an offset of 4.6″ east and 7.5″ north of the galactic nucleus.[1] The supernova was at magnitude 16.4 at discovery, and quickly rose to a peak magnitude of around 15.3 (in visible light) just over a week after discovery. It showed an expansion velocity of 12,000 km/s.[3] By mid-May, the supernova had faded to 17th magnitude.
The host galaxy, NGC 5698, along with the supernova lie approximately 129 million light-years (~40 million parsecs) from Earth.[2] As the supernova was of Type Ia, its progenitor star was a compactwhite dwarf star that exceeded the Chandrasekhar limit.
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^ abModjaz, M.; Kirshner, R.; Challis, P.; Nutzman, P. (April 2005), Green, D. W. E. (ed.), "Supernova 2005bc in NGC 5698", Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 132 (1): 1, Bibcode:2005CBET..132....1M.
^Burket, J.; et al. (April 2005), Green, D. W. E. (ed.), "Supernovae 2005az, 2005bb, and 2005bc", IAU Circular, 8504 (2): 2, Bibcode:2005IAUC.8504....2B.