SNe 2019vxm and 2020tlf: two luminous type II Supernovae with signatures of circumstellar interaction

Abstract

We present optical spectroscopic and photometric observations of type II SNe 2019vxm and 2020tlf. The photometric monitoring of SN 2019vxm continued for 592 days, two spectra were collected. SN 2020tlf was observed for 163 days and we obtained one spectra. The maximum luminosity of both SNe is high: $M_V=-20.0,-18.33$ mag for SN 2019vxm and SN 2020tlf, respectively. SN 2019vxm displays typical for most of SNe IIn photometric evolution: long rise to the maximum and slow brightness decline with several changes of the decline rate. The light curve of SN 2020tlf shows it may be considered as an intermediate object between classes II-P and II-L. The spectral evolution of SN 2019vxm was typical for SNe IIn, while for SN 2020tlf only weak signs of circumstellar interaction were observed at maximum light.