Description
The evolution of a Type IIn supernova (SN IIn) is governed by the interaction between the SN ejecta and a hydrogen-rich circumstellar medium (CSM). SNe IIn thus allow us to probe the late-time mass-loss history of their progenitor stars. We present optical photometry of a sample of 42 Type IIn supernovae, obtained by the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) collaboration and its successor, the intermediate PTF (iPTF), from 2009 to 2017 using the 1.2m Samuel Oschin telescope and the 1.52m telescope at Palomar Observatory, California, USA.
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