Optical and NIR LCs of the nearby SN 2017cbv

SN 2017cbv went on to become a bright Type Ia supernova, with a Vmax of 11.51+/-0.05mag. We present early time optical and infrared photometry of SN 2017cbv covering the rise and fall of over 68 days.

We find that SN 2017cbv has a broad light curve {Delta}m_15_(B)=0.88+/-0.07, a B-band maximum at 2457840.97+/-0.43, a negligible host galaxy reddening where E(B-V)_host_~0, and a distance modulus of 30.49+/-0.32 to the SN, corresponding to a distance of 12.58_-1.71_^+1.98^Mpc. We also present the results of two different numerical models we used for analysis in this paper: SALT2, an empirical model for Type Ia supernova optical light curves that accounts for variability components; and SNooPy, the CSP-II light-curve model that covers both optical and near-infrared wavelengths and is used for distance estimates.