Supernova 2002ca in UGC 8521

This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2002ca in UGC 8521 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 updates and links web pages.

Discovery by Tim Puckett and B. Kerns as part of the Puckett Observatory supernova search, and simultaniously by LOTOSS. We have a DSS Photometry reference image made by Odd Trondal.  Icon generated from the LOTOSS discovery image.

Web pages dedicated to this SN.
• SNWeb (formerly AUDE) has a 2002ca 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!

Image Credit	Date	Mag	Filter	Comments
Tim Puckett image	2002/04/03.29	17.3	C	Discovery local mirror
LOTOSS image	2002/04/03.3	17.3	C	Discovery
Ella Sanders image	2002/04/09.645		C
Ella Sanders image	2002/04/14.610		C
Ella Sanders image	2002/04/17.591		C
Kopernik image	2002/05/04.240	17.37	C

Light curves and Spectra:
• CfA spectrum
• SNWeb Measurements and light curve.
• VSNET Light curve (requires JAVA).

Other VSNet data on this SN (which will be copied here until VSNET gets it archive working again):
• [vsnet-campaign-sn 400] SN observation from IAUC 7866

  The host galaxy of SN 2002ca is UGC 8521. The expected maximum for typical SN Ia is mag about 15.0, but the reported magnitude does not changed for one day, which suggest that it would not be of type Ia in the early rising phase.

  Sincerely Yours,
  Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
  yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp