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    The infrared light curve of SN 2011fe in M101 and the distance to M101
    (The American Astronomical Society, 2012) Matheson, T.; Joyce, R.R.; Allen, L.E.; Saha, A.; Silva, D.R.; Wood-Vasey, W.M.; Adams, J.J.; Anderson, R.E.; Beck, T.L.; Bentz, M.C.; Bershady, M.A.; Binkert, W.S.; Butler, K.; Camarata, M.A.; Eigenbrot, A.; Everett, M.; Gallagher, J.S.; Garnavich, P.M.; Glikman, E.; Harbeck, D.; Hargis, J.R.; Herbst, H.; Horch, E.P.; Howell, S.B.; Jha, S.; Kaczmarek, J.F.; Knezek, P.; Manne-Nicholas, E.; Mathieu, R.D.; Meixner, M.; Milliman, K.; Power, J.; Rajagopal, J.; Reetz, K.; Rhode, K.L.; Schechtman-Rook, A.; Schwamb, M.E.; Schweiker, H.; Simmons, B.; Simon, J.D.; Summers, D.; Young, M.D.; Weyant, A.; Wilcots, E.M.; Will, G.; Williams, D.
    We present near-infrared light curves of supernova (SN) 2011fe in M101, including 34 epochs in H band starting 14 days before maximum brightness in the B band. The light curve data were obtained with the WIYN High-Resolution Infrared Camera. When the data are calibrated using templates of other Type Ia SNe, we derive an apparent H-band magnitude at the epoch of B-band maximum of 10.85 ± 0.04. This implies a distance modulus for M101 that ranges from 28.86 to 29.17 mag, depending on which absolute calibration for Type Ia SNe is used.