Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985apj...289...52n&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 289, Feb. 1, 1985, p. 52-57. Research supported by the Universidad de Chile
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Stellar Evolution, Supernovae, Light Curve, Radial Velocity, Stellar Spectra
Scientific paper
Optical spectrographic and photometric observations of the Type II supernova 1983k in NGC 4699 are presented. For the first time, high quality spectra have been obtained of a Type II supernova before it reached maximum light. The first of these, taken nearly 10 days before maximum, showed high-ionization N III and He II emission lines atop a strong blue continuum. Near maximum, the emission lines disappeared, leaving weak H I, He I, and Ca II absorption lines. By a month after maximum, the spectra were dominated by P Cygni-like emission lines of H I, again consistent with a Type II classification. The light curve, which showed a very extended peak, and the absorption lines seen at maximum provide independent evidence that the progenitor of this supernova had an extensive, preexisting circumstellar shell.
Niemela Virpi S.
Phillips Marcia
Ruiz María Teresa
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