Photometry of Type II Supernova SN 2023ixf with a Worldwide Citizen Science Network

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Sgro, Lauren A, Esposito, Thomas M, Blaclard, Guillaume, Gomez, Sebastian, Marchis, Franck, Filippenko, Alexei V, Daniel O'Conner Peluso, Lawrence, Stephen S, Verveen, Aad, Wagner, Andreas, Nardi, Anouchka, Wiart, Barbara, Mirwald, Benjamin, Christensen, Bill, Eramia, Bob, Parker, Bruce, Guillet, Bruno, Kim, Byungki, Logan, Chelsey A, Kyba, Christopher C M, Toulmin, Christopher, Vantaggiato, Claudio G, Adhis, Dana, Dave, Gary, Goodey, Dave, Dickinson, David, Koster, David, Davy, Martin, Bonilla, Eliud, Chung, Enner, Miny, Eric, Mortecrette, Fabrice, Saibi, Fadi, Gagnon, Francois O, Simard, François, Vacon, Gary, Simard, Georges, Dreise, Gerrit, Funakoshi, Hiromi, Vacon, Janet, Yaniz, James, Jean-Charles Le Tarnec, Laugier, Jean-Marie, Siders, Jennifer L W, Sweitzer, Jim, Dvoracek, Jiri, Archer, John, Deitz, John, Bradley, John K, Fukui, Keiichi, Sibbernsen, Kendra, Borrot, Kevin, Cross, Kevin, Heider, Kevin, Yamaguchi, Koichi, Hirsch, Lea A, Leroux, Liouba, Billiani, Mario, Lorber, Markus, Smallen, Martin J, Shimizu, Masao, Nishimura, Masayoshi, Ryno, Matthew, Cunningham, Michael, Gagnon, Michael, Primm, Michael, Rushton, Michael, Sibbernsen, Michael, Mitchell, Mike, Yoblonsky, Neil, Leroux, Niniane, Clerget, Olivier, Stojanović, Ozren, Unique, Patrice, Huth, Patrick, Ang, Raymund John, Santoni, Regis, Foster, Robert, Poggiali, Roberto, Xu, Ruyi, Kukita, Ryuichi, Šćepanović, Sanja, Saibi, Sophie, Will, Stefan, Latour, Stephan, Haythornthwaite, Stephen, Cadieux, Sylvain, Müller, Thoralf, Tze Yang Chung, Watanabe, Yoshiya, Arnaud, Yvan
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 07.07.2023
• Subjects: Photometry; Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Telescopes
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2307.14347

We present highly sampled photometry of the supernova (SN) 2023ixf, a Type II SN in M101, beginning 2 days before its first known detection. To gather these data, we enlisted the global Unistellar Network of citizen scientists. These 252 observations from 115 telescopes show the SN's rising brightness associated with shock emergence followed by gradual decay. We measure a peak \(M_{V}\) = -18.18 \(\pm\) 0.09 mag at 2023-05-25 21:37 UTC in agreement with previously published analyses.