Optical light curve of the Type Ia supernova 1998bu in M96 and the supernova calibration of the Hubble constant
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Suntzeff, Nicholas B.
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Phillips, M. M.
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Covarrubias, R.
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Navarrete, M.
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Pérez, J. J.
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Guerra, A.
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Acevedo, M. T.
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Doyle, Laurence R.
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Harrison, Thomas
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Kane, Stephen
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Long, Knox S.
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Maza Sancho, José
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Miller, Scot
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Piatti, Andrés E.
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Claría, Juan J.
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Ahumada, Andrea V.
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Pritzl, Barton
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Winkler, P. Frank
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2014-01-08T17:08:31Z
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2014-01-08T17:08:31Z
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1999-03
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The Astronomical Journal, 117:1175È1184, 1999 March
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/126064
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Artículo de publicación ISI
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Abstract
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We present the UBV (RI) light curves of the Type Ia supernova SN 1998bu, which appeared in the nearby galaxy M96 (NGC K3C368). M96 is a spiral galaxy in the Leo I group that has a Cepheid-based
distance. Our photometry allows us to calculate the absolute magnitude and reddening of this supernova.
These data, when combined with measurements of the four other well-observed supernovae with
Cepheid-based distances, allow us to calculate the Hubble constant with respect to the Hubble Ñow
deÐned by the distant Cala n/Tololo Type Ia sample. We Ðnd a Hubble constant of
63.9^2.2(internal)^3.5(external) km s~1 Mpc~1, consistent with most previous estimates based on
Type Ia supernovae. We note that the two well-observed Type Ia supernovae in Fornax, if placed at the
Cepheid distance to the possible Fornax spiral NGC 1365, are apparently too faint with respect to the
Cala n/Tololo sample calibrated with the Ðve Type Ia supernovae with Cepheid distances to the host
galaxies.