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SN 1987A: the Light Curve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J.W. Menzies*
Affiliation:
South African Astronomical Observatory

Abstract

The extensive body of broad-band photometric data for SN 1987A obtained at SAAO has been used to derive the bolometric light curve up to day 450 after the outburst. The salient features of the curve are discussed in this paper.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1988

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