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We report the detection of broad, high-velocity oxygen emission lines from the site of SN 1941C nearly eight decades after outburst, making it the oldest optically detected core-collapse supernova/youngest core-collapse supernova remnant with a well determined age. In contrast to the strongly blueshifted emission line profiles observed for all other late-time CCSNe thought to be due to dust extinction of rear hemisphere ejecta, SN 1941Cs spectrum exhibits stronger redshifted than blueshifted emissions of [O I] 6300, 6364 A, [O II] 7319, 7330 A, and [O III] 4959, 5007 A. The oxygen emissions exhibit rest frame expansion velocities of -2200 to +4400 km/s. No other significant broad line emissions were detected including Halpha emission. We discuss possible causes for this unusual spectrum and compare SN 1941Cs optical and X-ray luminosities to other evolved CCSNe.
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