Constraints on pre-SN outbursts from the progenitor of SN 2023ixf using the Large Binocular Telescope

J. M. M. Neustadt, C. S. Kochanek, M. Rizzo Smith

The progenitor of SN 2023ixf was a $\sim$10${}^{4.8}$ to $10^{5.0}{\mathrm{L}}_{\odot }$ star ($\sim$9 to $14{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ at birth) obscured by a dusty $\dot{M} \simeq 10^{-5} \rm~M_\odot~yr…