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*** NEWS items ***

  • 03/25/08: all SN Ia spectra from Matheson et al. 2008 are now in the CfA SN Archive
  • 11/13/07: new paper by Dessart et al., Using Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis to Determine the Properties and Distances of Type II-Plateau Supernovae: SNe 2005cs and 2006bp, accepted for publication in ApJ.
  • 10/01/07: new paper by Blondin & Tonry, Determining the Type, Redshift, and Age of a Supernova Spectrum, appeared in ApJ, 666, 1024 .
  • 09/12/07: new paper by Hicken et al., The Luminous and Carbon-Rich Supernova 2006gz: A Double Degenerate Merger?, accepted to ApJL (astro-ph/0709.1501).
    The data (spectra and light curves) are available here
  • 01/10/07: new paper by Modjaz et al., Measured Metallicities at the Sites of Nearby Broad-Lined Type Ic Supernovae and Implications for the SN-GRB Connection, submitted to AJ (astro-ph/0701246)
  • 12/06 new paper by Brown et al., Early Ultraviolet, Optical, and X-Ray Observations of the Type IIP SN 2005cs in M51 with Swift, accepted for publication (ApJ, 659, 1488)
  • 12/06 new paper by Jha, Riess & Kirshner, Improved Distances to Type Ia Supernovae with Multicolor Light-Curve Shapes: MLCS2k2, accepted for publication (ApJ, 659, 122)
  • 08/01/06: the CfA Supernova Archive is officially up and running!
  • 05/17/06: new paper by Modjaz et al., Early-Time Photometry and Spectroscopy of the Fast Evolving SN 2006aj Associated with GRB 060218, accepted for publication (ApJ, 645, L21)
  • 03/04/06: corrections to SDSS photometry of SN2006aj/GRB060218 comparison stars

  • Observations of nearby supernovae

    We use various telescopes at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) (Mount Hopkins, Arizona), MMT (Mount Hopkins, Arizona), and the Magellen Telescopes to classify and follow-up bright (< 18.5 mag) nearby supernovae through photometry and spectroscopy. The goal is to identify newly-discovered supernovae and follow-up interesting objects. We also use the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to monitor nearby supernovae via the Supernova INtensive Study (SINS) and the Supernova 1987A INTensive survey (SAINTS) programs.

    Cosmology with Type Ia supernovae

    The CfA SN group is actively involved in the ESSENCE project, whose aim is to determine the equation-of-state parameter of the Universe using observations of high-redshift Type Ia supernovae. This project is a follow-up of the High-Z SN Search.



    Last updated: 12 Jan 2007
    Stéphane Blondin