List of most distant supernovae
List of most distant supernovae is a list of supernovae.
Most distant supernovae
This list contains selected examples of supernovae so far discovered.| Name | Distance | Type | Notes | |
| SN 1000+0216 | z=3.8993 | Superluminous supernova | ||
| DES16C2nm | z=2.0 | Spectroscopically confirmed distance | ||
| SN UDS10Wil | z=1.914 | Type Ia supernova | ||
| SN SCP-0401 | z=1.71 | Type Ia supernova | First observed in 2004, it was not until 2013 that it could be identified as a Type-Ia SN. | |
| SN 1997ff | z=1.7 | Type Ia supernova | Its distance was determined in 2001, was the most distant supernova at that time. | |
| Supernova Primo | z=1.55 | Type Ia supernova |
List of most distant supernova by type
| Type | Name | Distance | Date | Notes | |
| Supernova, any type | SN 1000+0216 | z=3.8993 | 2012 | ||
| Supernova, any type, spectroscopically confirmed | DES16C2nm | z=2.0 | 2018 | Discovered in 2016, spectroscopically observed in 2017, analysis confirmed in 2018 | |
| Type Ia supernova | SN UDS10Wil | z=1.914 | 2013 | Named after U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, from its codename fragment "Will" | |
| Type Ib supernova | |||||
| Type Ic supernova | |||||
| Type I supernova, any subclass | SN Wilson | z=1.914 | 2013 | This is a Type Ia supernova | |
| Type II-P supernova | |||||
| Type II-L supernova | |||||
| Type IIb supernova | |||||
| Type IIn supernova | |||||
| Type II supernova, any subclass | |||||
| Type III supernova | |||||
| Superluminous supernova, any type | |||||
| Superluminous supernova type 1, any subclass | |||||
| Superluminous supernova type 1c | |||||
| Superluminous supernova type 2 |
Timeline of most distant supernova recordholders
This is a successive list of supernovae that were known at one time as the most distant supernova ever.| Name | Distance | Date | Notes | |
| SN 1000+0216 | z=3.8993 | 2012— | ||
| SN 19941 | z=2.357 | 2009— | A type IIn supernova discovered from legacy survey data of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in 2009. One of three supernovae discovered in the archive search. | |
| SN 1997ff | z=1.71 | 2001— | A type Ia supernova, discovered in 1997, its distance was determined in 2001. | |
| SN 1988U | z=0.31 | 1988– | Located in the galaxy cluster AC118 |