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ERRATUM: “ON THE PROGENITOR OF THE TYPE II-PLATEAU SN 2008cn IN NGC 4603” (2009, ApJ, 706, 1174)

ERRATUM: “ON THE PROGENITOR OF THE TYPE II-PLATEAU SN 2008cn IN NGC 4603” (2009, ApJ, 706, 1174)

A trend is emerging regarding the progenitor stars that give rise to the most common core-collapse supernovae (SNe), those of Type II-Plateau (II-P): they generally appear to be red supergiants with a limited range of initial masses, ∼8-16 M ⊙ .Here we consider another example, SN 2008cn, in the nearly …