Radio detection of SN 2012aw
ATel #4010; Naveen Yadav, Sayan Chakraborti, Alak Ray (TIFR, Mumbai, India)
on 31 Mar 2012; 17:00 UT
Credential Certification: Sayan Chakraborti (sayan@tifr.res.in)
Subjects: Radio, Supernovae
Referred to by ATel #: 4012
On behalf of a larger collaboration, the field of the Type IIP SN 2012aw was observed with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) on 2012 March 30.1 UT at an effective frequency of 21.2 GHz with a bandwidth of 2 GHz. The position of the unresolved radio source is at 10h 43m 53.72s +11d 40m 17.5s, consistent with the positions reported in CBET 3054. The flux density of the supernova is 0.315+/-0.018 mJy. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.
