Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects

.v 1.0 - 25-May-1993 - Creation= (AD) = (A.D.) = (S.N.) = (Supernova)
Details on Acronym:   SN
  
SN  
Write:<<SN YYYYA>>
<<SN YYYYaa>>
<<SN YYYYaaa>>
<<SN YYYYaaaa>>
<<SN YYYY A>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
<<SN YYYY aa>>
<<SN YYYY aaa>>
<<SN YYYY aaaa>>
Object:SN  (SIMBAD class: Supernova = SuperNova)
Note:1974, Sargent+: Proc. Int. Conf. on Supernovae, held in Lecce, ed. by C.B. Cosmovici, Dordrecht: Reidel, p. 33-49 Table VIII p. 41-47: supernovae discovered since 1885.
1984, Barbon+: 568 supernovae discovered since 1885 ut to 1983, and their parent galaxies.
1989, Barbon+: 661 supernovae discovered up to 1988 December 31, and their parent galaxies.
1995, 1998, Tsvetkov+: 1362 supernovae discovered up to July 13, 1998, and their parent galaxies.
1999, Barbon+: 1447 supernovae, new edition of the Asiago Supernova Catalogue updated to December 31 1998.

As of January 1, 2016, the Transient Name Server (TNS) is the official IAU mechanism for reporting new astronomical transients (ATs) such as supernova candidates. Once spectroscopically confirmed, new supernova discoveries are officially designated a SN name (of the form SN 2016A and so on, as before). This is a continuation of the IAU naming scheme for supernovae which was handled by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams until the end of 2015, and has been approved as the official IAU naming scheme by the IAU Executive Committee from 1st January 2016.
A name of the form, e.g. 2016ab, defines the object uniquely. Before it is spectroscopically classified it will have a prefix of "AT". If classified as a SN of whichever type, the prefix changes to "SN".
For more information, visit the Transient Name Server at https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/
See also AT.

Rem:See V* Nomenclature.
Auth.:SARGENT W.L.W.+
Ref:=1984A&AS...58..735B
byBARBON R. , CAPPELLARO E., CIATTI F., TURATTO M., KOWAL C.T.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 58, 735-750 (1984)
  A revised supernova catalogue.
oTable I: <SN YYYYA> N=568.
Ref:=1989A&AS...81..421B
byBARBON R. , CAPPELLARO E., TURATTO M.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 81, 421-443 (1989)
  The Asiago supernova catalogue.
oTable 1: <SN YYYYA>, <SN YYYYAA>, N=661.
Ref:=1999A&AS..139..531B
byBARBON R. , BUONDI V., CAPPELLARO E., TURATTO M.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 139, 531-536 (1999)
  The Asiago supernova catalogue - 10 years after.
o<SN YYYYA>, <SN YYYYAA>, N=1447.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as B/sn
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <II/283/>