This teaching material, "Supernova and distance of a galaxy", measures the brightness of a Type-Ia supernova whose absolute magnitude is almost constant at its brightest, and examines the relationship between the absolute magnitude of a Type-Ia supernova and the distance to the galaxy. [2012-07-01]
This teaching material is designed to be used in the following two ways as standard, but the Teachers' Guide is common.
Absolute magnitude of type Ia supernovae
(word file)
distance of a supernova SN2003du (UGC 9391 galaxy)
(word file)
SN2003du (daily composite, sky subtracted, level adjusted)
04/26, 04/27, 05/09, 05/15, 05/18, 05/28, 06/04, 06/08, 06/22, 06/27
zip archive file of data for the above10 days
SNIaFITSData.zip [7.5MB]
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