{
  "editedOn": 1777052739161,
  "email": "ams@astro.caltech.edu",
  "submitter": "Alicia Soderberg at Caltech  <ams@astro.caltech.edu>",
  "bibcode": "2003GCN..1834....1S",
  "editedBy": "Judith Racusin at NASA/GSFC <judith.racusin@nasa.gov>",
  "subject": "Type Ic SN2003L (SN/GRB?) Radio Observations",
  "version": 2,
  "circularId": 1834,
  "body": "A. M. Soderberg, E. Berger, S. R. Kulkarni and D. A. Frail report\n\n\"We have observed the type Ic SN 2003L (IAUC 8048) with the VLA on Jan\n26.23 UT. We find a bright radio source at the optical position of the\nsupernova with a flux of 1.4 mJy at 8.5 GHz.  An additional epoch on\nJan 28.22 UT confirms the transient nature of the radio source.  SN\n2003L has a radio luminosity approaching that of SN 1998bw, suggesting\nthat the ejecta are possibly relativisitic.  Such brilliant radio\nluminosity at early times is rare. Thus, further observations, in\nparticular optical spectroscopy (for broad lines), optical monitoring,\nX-ray observations, and searches for gamma-ray emission towards the SN in\narchival data are highly desirable. We plan to continue monitoring the\nsource at the VLA over the next few months.\"\n\nThis message may be cited.",
  "createdOn": 1043810574000,
  "eventId": "SN 2003L"
}