Optical Photometry of Type II-P Supernova 2004dj in NGC 2403

Abstract

We present photometric data of the type II-P supernova (SN) 2004dj in NGC 2403. The multicolor light curves cover the SN from $\sim$ 60 to 200 days after explosion, and are measured with a set of intermediate-band filters that have the advantage of tracing the strength variations of some spectral features. The light curves show a flat evolution in the middle of the plateau phase, then decline exponentially at the late times, with a rate of 0.10$\pm$0.03 mag (10 days)${}^{-1}$ in most of the filters. In the nebular phase, the spectral energy distribution (SED) of SN 2004dj shows a steady increase in the flux near 6600 Åand 8500 Å, which may correspond to the emission lines of H$\alpha$ and Ca II near-IR triplet, respectively. The photometric behavior suggests that SN 2004dj is a normal SN II-P. Compared with the light curves of another typical SN II-P 1999em, we estimate the explosion date to be June 10$\pm$21 UT, 2004 (JD 2453167$\pm$21) for SN 2004dj. We also estimate the ejected nickel mass during the explosion to be $M{(}^{56}\mathrm{Ni})$ = 0.023 $\pm$ 0.005 $M_{\odot }$ from two different methods, which is typical for a SN II-P. We derive the explosion energy $E\approx 0.75_{-0.38}^{+0.56}\times 10^{51}$ erg, the ejecta mass $M\approx 10.0_{-5.2}^{+7.4}$ $M_{\odot }$, and the initial radius $R\approx 282_{-122}^{+253}$ $R_{\odot }$ for the presupernova star of SN 2004dj, which are consistent with other typical SNe II-P.

arXiv comment15 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in AJ

References in corpus (14)

• Maps of Dust IR Emission for Use in Estimation of Reddening and CMBR Foregrounds
• Observed and Physical Properties of Core-Collapse Supernovae
• Photometry and Spectroscopy of the Type IIP SN 1999em from Outburst to Dust Formation
• The Distance to SN 1999em from the Expanding Photosphere Method
• Deep Wide-Field Spectrophotometry of the Open Cluster M67
• A Study of the Type II-Plateau Supernova 1999gi, and the Distance to its Host Galaxy, NGC 3184
• A Study of the Type II-P Supernova 2003gd in M74
• Light curves and H$\alpha$ luminosities as indicators of ${}^{56}$Ni mass in type IIP supernovae
• 15 colour photometry of Landolt SA95 standard star field
• The Progenitor of the Type II-P SN 2004dj in NGC 2403
• Optical observations of type IIP supernova 2004dj: Evidence for the asymmetry of ${}^{56}$Ni ejecta
• The Progenitor of Supernova 2004dj in a Star Cluster
• Monitoring of the prompt radio emission from the unusual supernova 2004dj in NGC2403
• Spectroscopy and BVI photometry of the young open cluster NGC 6604

Cited by in corpus (24)

• The death of massive stars - I. Observational constraints on the progenitors of type II-P supernovae
• The Cosmic Core-collapse Supernova Rate does not match the Massive-Star Formation Rate
• Dust and the type II-plateau supernova 2004et
• The Development of Explosions in Axisymmetric Ab Initio Core-Collapse Supernova Simulations of 12-25 $M_{\odot }$ Stars
• UBVRIz Light Curves of 51 Type II Supernovae
• On the Progenitors of Two Type II-P Supernovae in the Virgo Cluster
• PUSHing Core-Collapse Supernovae to Explosions in Spherical Symmetry II: Explodability and Global Properties
• Dust and the type II-Plateau supernova 2004dj
• Photometric and Spectroscopic Evolution of the Type IIP SN 2007it to Day 944
• Measuring Expansion Velocities in Type II-P Supernovae
• Progenitors of low-luminosity Type II-Plateau supernovae
• Optical and IR observations of SN 2013L, a Type IIn Supernova surrounded by asymmetric CSM
• The Iron Yield of Normal Type II Supernovae
• A supernova distance to the anchor galaxy NGC 4258
• The Transition of a Type IIL Supernova into a Supernova Remnant: Late-time Observations of SN 2013by
• Broad band polarimetric investigation of Type IIP supernova 2013ej
• X-Ray emission from SN 2004dj: A Tale of Two Shocks
• ASASSN-14dq: A fast-declining type II-P Supernova in a low-luminosity host galaxy
• SN 2018gj: A Short-plateau Type II Supernova with Persistent Blue-shifted H-alpha Emission
• Broad band polarimetric follow-up of Type IIP SN 2012aw
• Constraining early-time dust formation in core-collapse supernovae
• Optical detection of the radio supernova SN 2000ft in the circumnuclear region of the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 7469
• SN 2018hfm : A Low-Energy Type II Supernova with Prominent Signatures of Circumstellar Interaction and Dust Formation
• A graph-based spectral classification of Type II supernovae