INTERACTING SUPERNOVAE AND SUPERNOVA IMPOSTORS: SN 2009ip, IS THIS THE END?

We report the results of a three-year-long dedicated monitoring campaign of a restless luminous blue variable (LBV) in NGC 7259. The object, named SN 2009ip, was observed photometrically and spectroscopically in the optical and near-infrared domains. We monitored a number of erupting episodes in the...

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Main Authors: Pastorello, A, Cappellaro, E, Inserra, C, Smartt, S, Pignata, G, Benetti, S, Valenti, S, Fraser, M, Takats, K, Benitez, S, Botticella, M, Brimacombe, J, Bufano, F, Cellier-Holzem, F, Costado, M, Cupani, G, Curtis, I, Elias-Rosa, N, Ergon, M, Fynbo, J, Hambsch, F, Hamuy, M, Harutyunyan, A, Ivarson, K, Kankare, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2013