3 Supernova Discoveries
ATel #1190; The Nearby Supernova Factory: G. Rigaudier, E. Pecontal (Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon), C. Buton, Y. Copin, E. Gangler, G. Smadja, C. Tao (Institut de Physique Nucleaire de Lyon), P. Antilogus, R. Pain, R. Pereira, C. Wu (Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire et de Haute Energies de Paris), G. Aldering, C. Aragon, S. Bailey, S. Bongard, M. Childress, S. Loken, P. Nugent, S. Perlmutter, K. Runge, R. C. Thomas, B. A. Weaver (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA), C. Baltay, A. Bauer, D. Rabinowitz, R. Scalzo (Yale University, New Haven, CT); and D. Birchall (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI); and J. Cough, J. Holtzman (New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM)
on 24 Aug 2007; 05:05 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: R. C. Thomas (rcthomas@lbl.gov)
Subjects: Infra-Red, Optical, Ultra-Violet, Supernovae
The Nearby Supernova Factory reports the discovery of 3 supernovae in images obtained Aug 19 through Aug 20 UTC using the QUEST-II camera on the Palomar Oschin 48-inch telescope, operated by the Palomar-QUEST Consortium. Spectra (range 320-1000 nm) obtained with the SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph on the University of Hawaii 2.2-meter telescope were used to classify each. R-band discovery magnitudes and J2000.0 coordinates are derived from comparison with the USNO-B1.0 catalog. The following table summarizes the discovered supernovae (dates are UTC).
Target Name RA Decl Disc Date Disc Mag Spec Date Type Redshift Comments
SNF20070819-008 23:51:13.57 11:25:18.9 Aug 19.3 RG-610 18.5 Aug 23.5 IIn 0.04
SNF20070820-005 22:48:02.47 23:15:17.8 Aug 20.2 RG-610 19.6 Aug 23.5 II 0.05
SNF20070820-006 00:46:01.79 -23:14:14.4 Aug 20.5 RG-610 19.8 Aug 23.5 Ia 0.17 Near max
