Supernova 1997bq in NGC 3147

This page is devoted to information on Supernova 1997bq in NGC 3147 Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page. Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the Supernova links web page.

This one was a fairly well observed type Ia in a nearby galaxy. Icon generated from the Martin Altmann image.

Web pages dedicated to this SN.
• The Astronomer 1997bq page
• M1 SN search 1997bq page
• ISN 1997bq page

The following is a list of images of this SN, in chronological order. Click on the name in the "observer" column to see the image. Times and dates are in UT unless otherwise noted. If you know of any others, please tell me!

Observer	Date	Mag	Filter	Comments
CfA SN Image	1997/04/07		C
David Strange image	1997/04/08		C	Mirror
Nick James image	1997/04/09.849		C
Nick James image	1997/04/09.878		V
José Mª Bosch	1997/04/10		C
Martin Altmann image	1997/05/02		C	High resolution
Ca' Bionda image	Undated		C
Kopernik Image	1997/05/27.111		C
Hubert Lehmann image	1997/05/27		C
Torbjørn Fredriksen image	1997/07/02		C	Animated GIF

Light curves and Spectra:
• The Astronomer light curve
• MMT Spectrum shows this to be a Type Ia with a strong SiII 5800 line, suggesting that this is a fast-declining, sub-luminous SN.
• VSNET Light curve (requires JAVA).

Other VSNet data on this SN:
• [vsnet-obs 5869] magnitude summary of SN1997bp and SN1997bq