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The Lowest of the Low: Discovery of SN 2019gsc and the Nature of Faint Iax Supernovae

The Lowest of the Low: Discovery of SN 2019gsc and the Nature of Faint Iax Supernovae

We present the discovery and optical follow-up of the faintest supernova-like transient known. The event (SN 2019gsc) was discovered in a star-forming host at 53\,Mpc by ATLAS. A detailed multi-colour light curve was gathered with Pan-STARRS1 and follow-up spectroscopy was obtained with the NOT and Gemini-North. The spectra near maximum …