Supernovae from CRTS
ATel #2359; A. J. Drake, A. A. Mahabal, S. G. Djorgovski, M. J. Graham, R. Williams (Caltech); J. Prieto (OCIW); M. Catelan (PUC); E. Christensen (Gemini Observatory); E. C. Beshore, S. M. Larson, (LPL/UA)
on 25 Dec 2009; 06:16 UT
Credential Certification: Andrew J. Drake (ajd@cacr.caltech.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 2388
We report the spectroscopic classification of faint-host SNe discovered by the
Catalina Real-time Transient Survey (CRTS) between 2009-11-08 and 2009-12-17
using the Palomar 5m+DBSP.
| ID | Disc. Date | RA | Dec | Disc. Mag | Type |
|---|
| CSS091108:113307+244131 | 2009-11-08 | 11:33:07.3 | 24:41:31 | 18.5 | Ia |
| CSS091109:020054+135215 | 2009-11-09 | 02:00:53.9 | 13:52:15 | 19.2 | Ia |
| CSS091110:120737+204213 | 2009-11-10 | 12:07:36.6 | 20:42:13 | 18.6 | Ia |
| CSS091111:015857-071658 | 2009-11-11 | 01:58:57.0 | -07:16:58 | 19.7 | IIb |
| CSS091120:100525+511639 | 2009-11-20 | 10:05:24.5 | 51:16:39 | 18.7 | Ic |
| CSS091121:013728+253450 | 2009-11-21 | 01:37:28.2 | 25:34:50 | 17.9 | Ia |
| CSS091125:040258+175627 | 2009-11-25 | 04:02:57.7 | 17:56:27 | 17.1 | Ia |
| CSS091126:091059+153641 | 2009-11-26 | 09:10:59.0 | 15:36:41 | 19.1 | Ic |
| CSS091127:094447+083137 | 2009-11-27 | 09:44:47.1 | 08:31:37 | 19.5 | Ia |
| CSS091216:084441-061935 | 2009-12-16 | 08:44:41.5 | -06:19:35 | 18.4 | Ia |
| CSS091216:071540+351428 | 2009-12-16 | 07:15:39.7 | 35:14:28 | 17.4 | Ia |
| CSS091217:110637+341952 | 2009-12-17 | 11:06:36.9 | 34:19:52 | 18.7 | IIn |
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CSS091125:040258+175627 (SN 2009mt) was first confirmed with SMARTS 1.5m by Catelan et al. (2009, CBET 2090) and
CSS091216:071540+351428 (SN 2009mv) was first confirmed by Griffith et al. (2009, CBET 2092).
Three additional supernovae were discovered by CRTS and confirmed during this period.
Additional recent unconfirmed SN candidates:
| ID | Disc. Date | RA | Dec | Disc. Mag |
|---|
| CSS091109:231545+140848 | 2009-11-09 | 23:15:44.9 | 14:08:48 | 18.6 |
| CSS091120:231103+202620 | 2009-11-20 | 23:11:03.1 | 20:26:20 | 19.3 |
| CSS091215:022038+022415 | 2009-12-15 | 02:20:37.7 | 02:24:15 | 18.7 |
| CSS091218:120255+153502 | 2009-12-18 | 12:02:55.3 | 15:35:02 | 19.1 |
| CSS091218:104011+223735 | 2009-12-18 | 10:40:10.9 | 22:37:35 | 19.4 |
| CSS091220:004412+234425 | 2009-12-20 | 00:44:11.7 | 23:44:25 | 19.0 |
More information including finding charts and five year lightcurves can be found at http://voeventnet.caltech.edu/feeds/ATEL/CRTS/
Follow-up of unconfirmed SNe is requested.
Supernova and highly variable sources are regularly discovered by CRTS and are posted at http://crts.caltech.edu/.
