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astro-ph.SR2009★ 40 cited

VLT Spectropolarimetry of the optical transient in NGC300. Evidence for asymmetry in the circumstellar dust

F. Patat, J. R. Maund, S. Benetti +4

AIMS: The main goal of this work is to study possible signs of asymmetry in the bright optical transient in NGC300, with the aim of getting independent information on the explosion…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 191 cited

SN 2008S: an electron capture SN from a super-AGB progenitor?

M. T. Botticella, A. Pastorello, S. J. Smartt +31

We present comprehensive photometric and spectroscopic observations of the faint transient SN 2008S discovered in NGC 6946. SN 2008S exhibited slow photometric evolution and almost…