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• FAST spectra from sept 2008 - 2019 FITS format
  

• snid results for above spectra coming soon....
  

• Hicken et al, 2017, arXiv:1706.01030 Type II Supernova Light Curves and Spectra From the CfA DATA in CFA archive.... link on the right
  

Multi-color Optical and Near-infrared Light Curves of 64 Stripped-envelope Core-Collapse Supernovae (ascii Natural system light curves) Bianco, F. B.; 2014ApJS..213...19B

Multi-color Optical and Near-infrared Light Curves of 64 Stripped-envelope Core-Collapse Supernovae (ascii Standard system light curves) Bianco, F. B.; 2014ApJS..213...19B

645 spectra of 73 Stripped SN (1994-2009) Spectra Modjaz et al, 2014 AJ 147 99M

Hicken et al (2012) CfA4: Light Curves for 94 Type Ia Supernovae

Blondin et al. 2012 (arXiv:1203.4832 accepted to AJ) The Spectroscopic Diversity of Type Ia Supernovae

• Foley, R. J., et al 2012 Linking Type Ia Supernova Progenitors and their Resulting Explosions
• Turnbull, S. J., et al 2012 2012MNRAS.420..447T Cosmic flows in the nearby universe from Type Ia supernovae >
• Milisavljevic, D. et al, 2012 Late-Time Optical Emission From Core-Collapse Supernovae
• Foley, R. J. et al 2012, The First Maximum-Light Ultraviolet through Near-Infrared Spectrum of a Type Ia Supernova
• Ganeshalingam, M. et al 2012 The Low-Velocity, Rapidly Fading Type Ia Supernova 2002es
• Kelly, P. L.; Kirshner, R. P. Core-Collapse Supernovae and Host Galaxy Stellar Populations
• Go to SN 2011dh page .
• Foley et al. 2010 Early- and Late-Time Observations of SN 2008ha: Additional Constraints for the Progenitor and Explosion
• Foley et al. 2010 SN 2006bt: A Perplexing, Troublesome, and Possibly Misleading Type Ia Supernova
• Rest et al. 2010 (arXiv:1003.5660) Direct Confirmation of the Asymmetry of the Cas A SN Explosion with Light Echoes
• Soderberg et al. 2010 A relativistic type Ibc supernova (SN 2009bb) without a detected gamma-ray burst
• Levesque et al. 2010 The High-metallicity Explosion Environment of the Relativistic Supernova 2009bb
• Mandel et al. 2009 Type Ia Supernova Light-Curve Inference: Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis in the Near-Infrared
• Foley et al. 2009 SN 2008ha: An Extremely Low Luminosity and Exceptionally Low Energy Supernova
• Marion et al. 2009 A Catalog of Near-Infrared Spectra from Type Ia Supernovae
• Wood-Vasey et al. 2008 Type Ia Supernovae Are Good Standard Candles in the Near Infrared: Evidence from PAIRITEL
• CfA press release about SN 2008ha
• CfA press release about Cas A light echoes
• CfA press release about Pan-STARRS becoming fully operational
• CfA press release about SN 2009bb

The CfA4 Sample

• Paper: CfA4: Light Curves for 94 Type Ia Supernovae Hicken et al (2012)
• Photometry from the CfA4

The CfA3 Sample

• Paper 1: 185 Type Ia Supernova Light Curves from the CfA Hicken et al. (2009a)
• Paper 2: Improved Dark Energy Constraints from ~100 New CfA Supernova Type Ia Light Curves Hicken et al (2009b)
• Other Data products from the CfA3: Photometry, Light-Curve Fit Parameters and Distances (Constitution Set, SALT2, MLCS17 and MLCS31)

Continuing Observations of Nearby Supernovae

• Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO)   (Mount Hopkins, Arizona)

  1.5-meter Tillinghast (60-inch) telescope with the FAST spectrograph

  1.2-meter (48-inch) telescope with the Keplercam CCD

• MMT Observatory   (Mount Hopkins, Arizona)
  Blue Channel spectrograph
  Red Channel spectrograph
  Hectospec spectrograph
• Las Campanas Observatory and Magellen Telescopes
  MagE spectrograph
  MMIRS spectrograph
• Peters Automated Infrared Imaging Telescope (PAIRITEL)
• Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
• NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)

Cosmology with Type Ia supernovae