# Connecting supernovae with their environments

## TL;DR

This study demonstrates how combining high-resolution integral field spectroscopy with photometric and spectroscopic data can enhance understanding of supernova environments and progenitors within their host galaxies.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a methodology for analyzing supernova environments using integral field spectroscopy and applies it to galaxy NGC 7469, highlighting the potential for statistical studies with future surveys.

## Key findings

- Mapped HII regions and derived radial gradients of stellar age and oxygen abundance.
- Positioned SN 2008ec within the galaxy's HII region context.
- Discussed characteristics of the SN's parent HII region.

## Abstract

We present MUSE observations of galaxy NGC 7469 from its Science Verification to show how powerful is the combination of high-resolution wide-field integral field spectroscopy with both photometric and spectroscopic observations of supernova (SN) explosions. Using STARLIGHT and HIIexplorer, we selected all Hii regions of the galaxy and produced 2- dimensional maps of the H{\alpha} equivalent width, average luminosity-weighted stellar age, and oxygen abundance. We measured deprojected galactocentric distances for all Hii regions, and radial gradients for all above-mentioned parameters. We positioned the type Ia SN 2008ec in the Branch et al. diagram, and finally discussed the characteristics of the SN parent Hii region compared to all other Hii regions in the galaxy. In a near future, the AMUSING survey will be able to reproduce this analysis and construct statistical samples to enable the characterization of the progenitors of different supernova types.