SN 2006gy: WAS IT REALLY EXTRAORDINARY?
SN 2006gy: WAS IT REALLY EXTRAORDINARY?
We present the photometric and spectroscopic study of the very luminous type IIn SN 2006gy for a time period spanning more than one year. The evolution of multiband light curves, the pseudobolometric (BVRI) light curve, and an extended spectral sequence is used to derive constraints on the origin and evolution …