# Type II supernovae as a distance indicator

Could someone explain in brief exactly how type II supernovae could be used as distance indicators? as in simply the formulae used and how they are employed? I know there are certain methods based on expansion velocity etc but the open supernova catalog ( https://sne.space/ ) gives the absolute and apparent mag for type II supernovae too, why would we then need to use methods dependent upon expansion velocity and other complications when we can simply calculate distance using $$10^{m-M + 5}$$?

• FWIW, type Ia are the usual galactic standard candles. – PM 2Ring Dec 8 '20 at 20:48
• yeah, those are pretty straight-forward, I simply wanted to know more about type II -p. I've read some work about EPM and SCM methods but I was just confused. – M.K Dec 8 '20 at 20:52
• No worries. But I'll leave my previous comment for the benefit of future readers. ;) – PM 2Ring Dec 8 '20 at 20:57
• You say that the Open Supernova Catalog shows both m & M, but I only see m. Am I reading it wrong somehow? – D. Halsey Dec 9 '20 at 23:34
• Absolute mag was computed by known redshift observed in spectra. So, m - M as the distance modulus is a derived parameter from observables. – Kornpob Bhirombhakdi Dec 10 '20 at 13:35