Lensed transients and variable sources

Supernovae and active galactic nuclei lensed by clusters in this catalogue, whether multiply imaged or magnified in a single image. Each entry links to its lensing cluster and the papers that describe it.

Multiply imaged supernovae 14

Name	Type	Status	Lensing cluster	z	Discovery paper
Abell 370 archival SN	CCSN	confirmed	Abell 370		Chen et al. (2022)
MACS J1347.5-1144 SN candidate		candidate	MACS J1347.5-1144	1.76	ATel 15463
SN 2022riv	Ia	confirmed	RX J2129.7+0005	1.522	TNS AstroNote 2022-169
SN Ares	CCSN	confirmed	MACS J0308.9+2645	1.275
SN Atalanta	IIP (photometric)	confirmed	SMACS J0723.3-7327
SN Athena	CCSN	confirmed	MACS J0417.5-1154	0.87
SN Encore	Ia	confirmed	MACS J0138.0-2155	1.95	Pierel et al. (2024b)
SN Eos	IIP	confirmed	MACS J1931.8-2635	5.133	Coulter et al. (2026)
SN H0pe	Ia	confirmed	PLCK G165.7+67.0	1.783	Frye et al. (2024)
SN Helios	II	confirmed	RXC J0018.5+1626	3.34	Fujimoto et al. (2026)
SN Refsdal	II (SN 1987A-like)	confirmed	MACS J1149.5+2223	1.49	Kelly et al. (2015)
SN Requiem	Ia (likely)	confirmed	MACS J0138.0-2155	1.95	Rodney et al. (2021)
SN Typhon		confirmed	Abell 370
SPT-CL J0516-5755 SN candidate		candidate	SPT-CL J0516-5755		Cerny et al. (2026a)

Magnified supernovae, single image 14

Name	Type	Status	Lensing cluster	z	Discovery paper
Abell 1689 CAND-669	IIL (photometric)	confirmed	Abell 1689	0.671	Petrushevska et al. (2016)
Abell 1689 CAND-821	IIn (photometric)	confirmed	Abell 1689	1.703	Amanullah et al. (2011)
Abell 1689 CAND-1392	IIP (photometric)	confirmed	Abell 1689	0.944	Petrushevska et al. (2016)
Abell 1689 CAND-10658	IIn (photometric)	candidate	Abell 1689	0.94	Petrushevska et al. (2016)
Abell 1689 CAND-10662	IIP (photometric)	candidate	Abell 1689	1.03	Petrushevska et al. (2016)
Abell 1689 CAND-ISAAC	IIP (photometric)	confirmed	Abell 1689	0.637	Goobar et al. (2009)
Abell S295 SN1	Ib/c (photometric)	candidate	Abell S295	0.64	Golubchik et al. (2023)
MACS J0416.1-2403 SN01		confirmed	MACS J0416.1-2403	2.205	Yan et al. (2023)
MACS J0416.1-2403 SN02		confirmed	MACS J0416.1-2403	0.7093	Yan et al. (2023)
SN CLA11Tib	unclassified	confirmed	Abell 383	1.143	Patel et al. (2014)
SN CLN12Did	Ia (photometric)	confirmed	MACS J1532.8+3021	0.851	Patel et al. (2014)
SN CLO12Car	Ia (photometric)	confirmed	MACS J1720.2+3536	1.281	Patel et al. (2014)
SN HFF14Tom	Ia	confirmed	Abell 2744	1.3457	Rodney et al. (2015)
SN Nebra	Ia (photometric)	candidate	Abell 1763		ATel 9224

Multiply imaged AGN 9

Name	Status	Lensing cluster	z	Discovery paper
COOL J0335-1927 AGN	confirmed	COOL J0335-1927	3.27	Napier et al. (2023a)
COOL J0542-2125 AGN	confirmed	COOL J0542-2125		Martinez et al. (2023)
MACS J0035.4-2015 AGN	confirmed	MACS J0035.4-2015	2.06	Furtak et al. (2023a)
SDSS J0909+4449 AGN	confirmed	SDSS J0909+4449		Shu et al. (2018)
SDSS J1004+4112 AGN	confirmed	SDSS J1004+4112	1.734	Inada et al. (2003)
SDSS J1029+2623 AGN	confirmed	SDSS J1029+2623	2.197	Inada et al. (2006)
SDSS J1326+4806 AGN	confirmed	SDSS J1326+4806		Shu et al. (2019)
SDSS J2222+2745 AGN	confirmed	SDSS J2222+2745	2.805	Dahle et al. (2013)
WH J040011.7-270711 AGN candidate	candidate	WH J040011.7-270711		Bazzanini et al. (2025)

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