LBV AT2016ccd in NGC 2403

This page is devoted to information on LBV 2016ccd in NGC 2403.   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 links web page.

image Discovered by Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey and Stan Howerton (USA).   This one is a Type LBV.   The first outburst was sighted on 2013/12 by Stan Howerton scanning the data from the CRTS SNhunt and designated SNhunt225, it was then posted to the TOCP as PSN J07370423+6535509.   Second outburst spotted by Giancarlo Cortini and posted to the TNS as AT2016ccd, This supernova is in the Constellation Camelopardalis.

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

Image CreditDateMagFilterComments
CRTS 2013/12/26.000Discovery
Giancarlo Cortini 2014/05/20.89wrong object marked
Stan Howerton 2014/05/21.15618.5
Joseph Brimacombe 2014/05/21.16019.95CV
ISSP 2014/11/02.055
HST 2014/11/15.000
Andrea Mantero 2014/11/16.910
Stan Howerton 2014/11/18.04618.2V
Stan Howerton 2014/11/30.39618.5V
Manfred Mrotzek 2015/03/10.883C
K. Itagaki 2015/08/15.72318.1C
Paolo Campaner 2015/12/11.07718.4C
K. Itagaki 2015/12/12.58318.2C
Andrea Mantero 2015/12/14.85618.7U
Giancarlo Cortini 2016/04/29.88018.0U
K. Itagaki 2021/11/02.75018.3CTCP J07370425+6535472

Light curves and Spectra:

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