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Observations of SN1988A with the faint object spectrograph on the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope

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We present two spectra of the supernova SN1988A in M58 (NGC4579) over the wavelength range 4000–9700 Å, as recorded by the Faint Object Spectrograph on the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos. We conclude that SN1988A was a type II supernova.

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  1. Department of Astrophysics, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K.

    G. Pearce

  2. Jesus College, Oxford, U.K.

    G. Pearce

  3. Astrophysics Division, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, U.K.

    G. Pearce & B. E. Patchett

  4. Physics Department, University of Durham, U.K.

    J. R. Allington-Smith

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Pearce, G., Patchett, B.E. & Allington-Smith, J.R. Observations of SN1988A with the faint object spectrograph on the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope. Astrophys Space Sci 166, 41–44 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00655605

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