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.
NameDistanceTypeNotes
SN 1000+0216z=3.8993Superluminous supernova
DES16C2nmz=2.0Spectroscopically confirmed distance
SN UDS10Wil
z=1.914Type Ia supernova
SN SCP-0401
z=1.71Type Ia supernovaFirst observed in 2004, it was not until 2013 that it could be identified as a Type-Ia SN.
SN 1997ffz=1.7Type Ia supernovaIts distance was determined in 2001, was the most distant supernova at that time.
Supernova Primoz=1.55Type Ia supernova

List of most distant supernova by type

TypeNameDistanceDateNotes
Supernova, any typeSN 1000+0216z=3.89932012
Supernova, any type, spectroscopically confirmedDES16C2nmz=2.02018Discovered in 2016, spectroscopically observed in 2017, analysis confirmed in 2018
Type Ia supernovaSN UDS10Wil z=1.9142013Named after U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, from its codename fragment "Will"
Type Ib supernova
Type Ic supernova
Type I supernova, any subclassSN Wilson z=1.9142013This 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.
NameDistanceDateNotes
SN 1000+0216z=3.89932012—
SN 19941 z=2.3572009—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 1997ffz=1.712001—A type Ia supernova, discovered in 1997, its distance was determined in 2001.
SN 1988Uz=0.311988–Located in the galaxy cluster AC118