%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% I got this from Enrico Cappellaro. SN1992A 48640.50 12.56 According to Jeffery et al. (1992) Vmax=12.61\pm.05 on January 20.9\pm.5 Therefore Julian Date=8622+.5+20.9-1. =8642.4 which looks about right. Bmax=12.6\pm.2 on January 19.2\pm1.0 Therefore Julian Date=8622+.5+19.2-1. =8640.7 which looks about right. The Julian Date of explosion by the 18 day rule is 8622.7 Some points that don't fit the local trend can be omitted. 12.359 12.8100 271.801 19.6800 Date V from explosion END: 10.801 13.2600 11.801 13.0700 12.359 12.8100 12.801 12.9100 13.359 12.7900 13.801 12.7800 14.332 12.7300 14.801 12.7100 15.332 12.6900 15.801 12.6600 16.332 12.6600 16.801 12.6000 17.801 12.5700 18.801 12.5700 19.801 12.5400 20.801 12.5400 21.801 12.5700 22.801 12.6000 23.801 12.6500 24.801 12.7200 25.801 12.7800 26.801 12.8700 27.801 12.9500 28.801 13.0600 29.801 13.1200 30.801 13.1800 31.801 13.2400 32.801 13.3000 33.801 13.3600 33.871 13.4300 34.801 13.4100 35.801 13.4500 37.801 13.5700 39.801 13.7600 50.801 14.5400 51.801 14.5900 52.801 14.6300 54.801 14.7300 55.801 14.7600 57.801 14.7900 64.801 14.9500 68.801 15.1200 69.332 15.1900 70.801 15.1900 74.801 15.3300 78.801 15.3600 89.801 15.6600 93.801 15.8000 96.801 15.8800 97.801 15.9400 107.801 16.2200 108.801 16.2700 207.223 18.2400 245.102 18.6100 271.801 19.6800 A poor Dutch value. 296.039 19.6000 334.000 19.9800 335.930 20.0800 356.941 20.2900 388.852 20.6800 388.852 20.7600 422.840 21.2300 423.801 21.2200 450.840 21.4900 943.801 25.9000