The unusual supernova SN1993J in the galaxy M81

Details The unusual supernova SN1993J in the galaxy M81 The unusual supernova SN1993J in the galaxy M81

Aug 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993natur.364..600s&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 364, no. 6438, p. 600-602.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

57

Photosphere, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Spectra, Supernovae, Astronomical Photometry, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Stellar Models

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Supernova 1993J in the galaxy M81 is the second-brightest type II supernova observed this century, surpassed only by SN1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Here we report the evolution of the photometric and spectral properties of SN1993J for the first 50 d following its discovery. The behavior of this supernova is unusual, showing features typical of type II supernovae near the initial maximum, but with the strong helium lines characteristic of type Ib supernovae at later times. This implies that the progenitor star had an unusually thin hydrogen envelope (compared to normal type II progenitors), suggesting that significant mass loss had taken place before the explosion. Application of an expanding photosphere model to our data provides an estimate of the distance to the supernova of 2.6 +/- 0.4 Mpc, broadly consistent with the distance to M81 determined using Cepheid variable stars. Supernova models that more closely match the atypical spectral features of SN1993J may change the inferred distance, and should provide better constraints on the structure of the progenitor.

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