Optical and near-IR observations of SN 1998bw
arXiv:astro-ph/0403301 · doi:10.1007/3-540-26633-X_53
Abstract
SN 1998bw, especially after the discovery of GRB 030329/SN 2003dh, seems to be the equivalent of the Rosetta stone for the SN/GRB connection. In this paper I review optical and near IR observations that have been carried out for this uncanny object, which has probably confirmed suspicions and ideas originally formulated in the early seventies of last century.
9 pages, 7 figures. Invited review to the IAU Colloquium n. 192, SUPERNOVAE: ten years of SN 1993J, Valencia (Spain)