The unusual supernova SN 2005E is distinguished from any supernovae hitherto observed by several features, which are claimed to be explained by a helium detonation in a thin surface layer of an accreting white dwarf. The observed properties of SN 2005cz are now shown to resemble those of SN 2005E. It is argued that these properties are best explained by a core-collapse supernova at the low-mass end of the range of massive stars that explode.
- K. S. Kawabata
- K. Maeda
- K. Itagaki
