Discovery of the heavily obscured supernova 2002cv

Details Discovery of the heavily obscured supernova 2002cv Discovery of the heavily obscured supernova 2002cv

2002-09-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209473v1

Astron.Astrophys. 393 (2002) L21-L24

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20021168

On the 13th of May 2002, supernova 2002cv was discovered using a near-infrared camera working at the AZT-24 1.1m telescope at Campo Imperatore (AQ-Italy). After the infrared detection a simultaneous photometric follow-up was started at optical wavelengths. The preliminary results confirm a heavily obscured object with a V-K color not lower than 6 magnitudes, making SN 2002cv the most reddened supernova ever observed. This finding, along with the recent discovery of another obscured supernova, suggests a critical revision of the rates known to date. The estimate of the visual extinction and the light curves are provided here. These latter indicate that our SN 2002cv observations are the earliest available for a type-Ia supernova at IR wavelengths.

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