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Title: Photometric observations of the bright Type II supernova 1980K in NGC 6946
Author: Buta, R. J.

On 1980 October 28 P. Wild discovered SN 1980k when its photovisual magnitude was about 13 (IA. U. Circular No. 3532).

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Title: Thirty years of SN 1980K: Evidence for light echoes
Authors: Ben E. K. Sugerman, Jennifer E. Andrews, Michael J. Barlow, Geoffrey C. Clayton, Barbara Ercolano, Parviz Ghavamian, Robert C. Kennicutt Jr., Oliver Krause, Margaret Meixner, Masaaki Otsuka

We report optical and mid-infrared photometry of SN 1980K between 2004 and 2010, which show slow monotonic fading consistent with previous spectroscopic and photometric observations made 8 to 17 years after outburst. The slow rate-of-change over two decades suggests that this evolution may result from scattered and thermal light echoes off of extended circumstellar material. We present a semi- analytic dust radiative-transfer model that uses an empirically corrected effective optical depth to provide a fast and robust alternative to full Monte-Carlo radiative transfer modelling for homogenous dust at low to intermediate optical depths. We find that unresolved echoes from a thin circumstellar shell 14-15 lt-yr from the progenitor, and containing about 0.02 solar masses of carbon-rich dust, can explain the broadband spectral and temporal evolution. The size, mass and dust composition are in good agreement with the contact discontinuity observed in scattered echoes around SN 1987A. The origin of slowly-changing high-velocity [O I] and Halpha lines is also considered. We propose an origin in shocked high-velocity metal-rich clumps of ejecta, rather than arising in the impact of ejecta on slowly-moving circumstellar material, as is the case with hot spots in SN 1987A.

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