stripped-envelope supernova
noun1
Astronomy, Natural sciences A supernova whose spectrum lacks, or is highly deficient in, hydrogen lines, and where the star has already blown away its outer hydrogen envelope, having exposed the lower enveloping helium layer, prior to the explosion.
- Synonyms
- SE SN
- Hyponyms
- type-IIb supernova, type-Ib supernova, type-Ic supernova, stripped-envelope core-collapse supernova
- Coordinate terms
- core-collapse supernova, kilonova, type-IIa supernova, type-II supernova, type-Ia supernova, type-I supernova