SN 2006gy: Discovery of the most luminous supernova ever recorded, powered by the death of an extremely massive star like η carinae

Nathan Smith*, W. Li, Ryan J. Foley, J. Craig Wheeler, David Pooley, Ryan Chornock, Alexei V. Filippenko, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Robert Quimby, Joshua S. Bloom, Charles Hansen

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