Monday 4 December at 3pm

ABSTRACT: "The outburst of supernova SN1987A in the LMC (Feb 23, 1987) sparked an intensity of observational and theoretical activity rarely before experienced in astronomy. Many discoveries and advances have come, and are still coming, from the study of this supernova, in particular about core-collapse supernovae and explosive nucleosynthesis. The specific topics that I intend to discuss include: past and present IR and submillimeter observations at ESO and CTIO, and their use for the determination of the mass of radioactive 56Co; theoretical modelling of the evolution of the supernova; and observations and modelling of the formation of dust in the supernova debris. I will also report on the first observations of the recently forming remnant, and its interaction with the CS environment."