Supernova in M82 observed with the James Gregory Telescope

The type Ia supernova SN2014J in M82, observed with the James Gregory Telescope in St Andrews, the largest operating optical telescope in the United Kingdom. Observations are from 23/01 (24 hours after discovery) to 08/04. The i-band lightcurve shows clearly a secondary bump. The dashed line is the V-band lightcurve from Marion et al. (http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.3970) for comparison. Image stamps are in the R-band. 

 

Observer: PhD students Inna Bozhinova, Milena Pawlik, Nicholas Boardman, Diana Juncher

 

Magnitudes: (V, r, i)

23/01 11.29, 10.87, 10.58

02/02 10.53, 10.27, 10.18

26/02 11.51, 10.99, 10.48

08/03 12.07, 11.47, 10.73

08/04 12.97, 12.54, 12.01

 

More information:

https://observatory.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/images/