[1209.6320] The Unprecedented 2012 Outburst of SN 2009ip: A Luminous Blue Variable Becomes a True Supernova

[1209.6320] The Unprecedented 2012 Outburst of SN 2009ip: A Luminous Blue Variable Becomes a True Supernova:


This research was also made possible through the use of the AAVSO Photometric All-Sky Survey (APASS), funded by the Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund. The supernova research of A.V.F.’s group at U.C. Berkeley is supported by Gary & Cynthia Bengier, the Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund, the Christopher R. Redlich Fund, the TABASGO Foundation, NSF grants AST-0908886 and AST-1211916, and NASA/HST grants AR-12126 and AR- 12623 from the Space Telescope Science Institute (which is operated by Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555). KAIT and its ongoing operation were made possible by donations from Sun Microsystems, Inc., the Hewlett-Packard Company, AutoScope Corporation, Lick Observatory, the NSF, the University of California, the Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation and the TABASGO Foundation. We dedicate this paper to the memory of Weidong Li, whose unfailing stewardship of KAIT and enthusiasm for supernova science were inspirational; we deeply miss his friendship and collaboration, which were tragically taken away from us much too early


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