SN 2010as and Transitional Ib/c Supernovae

We present intensive photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2010as carried out by the Millennium Center for Supernova Studies (MCSS) and the Carnegie Supernova Project (CSP). The SN belongs to the transitional type Ibc (SN Ibc) that is characterized by the slow appearance of weak helium lines with low expansion velocities. We find a wide variety of photometric properties among otherwise spectroscopically similar SN Ibc. A hydrodynamical model is used to provide physical properties of SN 2010as in comparison with the bolometric light curve and expansion velocity.