Supernova

:For information about the 2000 movie, see Supernova (movie).

Naming of supernovae

Supernova discoveries are reported to the International Astronomical Union's Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams,

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which sends out a circular with the name it assigns to it.

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The name is formed by the year of discovery, and a one- or

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two-letter designation. The first 26 supernovae of the year

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get a letter from A to Z. After Z, they start with aa, ab,

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and so on.

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