Discovery and Rapid Follow-up Observations of the Unusual Type II SN 2018ivc in NGC 1068

K. A. Bostroem, S. Valenti, D. J. Sand +44

We present the discovery and high-cadence follow-up observations of SN 2018ivc, an unusual Type II supernova that exploded in NGC 1068 (D=10.1 Mpc). The light curve of SN 2018ivc d…