SN 1997bs in M66: Another Extragalactic η Carinae Analog?1
SN 1997bs in M66: Another Extragalactic η Carinae Analog?1
We report on SN 1997bs in NGC 3627 (M66), the first supernova discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search using the 0.75-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT). Based on its early-time optical spectrum, SN 1997bs was classified as Type IIn. However, from the BVRI light curves obtained by KAIT early …