PTF weekly SN discovery report, July 28, 2011
ATel #3521; A. Gal-Yam (WIS), P. Nugent (LBL), K. Maguire, Y.-C. Pan, M. Sullivan (Oxford), A. Howell (LCOGT) report for the PTF
on 30 Jul 2011; 10:47 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Avishay Gal-Yam (avishay.gal-yam@weizmann.ac.il)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
The PTF (ATEL #1964, #3253; http://www.astro.caltech.edu/ptf/ ; Law et al. 2009, PASP, 121, 1395; Rau et al. 2009, PASP, 121, 1334) reports the discovery of 8 new supernovae. PTF discoveries are made by autonomous PTF software (Bloom et al. 2011, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011arXiv1106.5491B ), as well as by the Galaxy Zoo Supernova Project (Smith et al. 2011, MNRAS, 412, 1309; http://supernova.galaxyzoo.org ).
Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | Discovery | Mag | Redshift | Type | Spec. | Phase | Instrument | Notes
PTF11htb | 21 55 37.06 | +00 41 32.2 | Jul 11.34 | 18.9 | 0.05 | SN Ia | Jul 28 | 8 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11hub | 13 12 59.54 | +47 27 40.3 | Jul 15.19 | 19.4 | 0.0287 | SN Ia | Jul 17 | -11 d | Gemini N+GMOS | Same host as PTF11bui
PTF11icm | 14 00 59.44 | +52 52 17.5 | Jul 19.23 | 19.1 | 0.08 | SN Ia | Jul 27 | 1 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11iho | 17 37 06.46 | +34 29 21.7 | Jul 20.36 | 18.5 | 0.07 | SN Ia | Jul 28 | 12 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11iid | 17 48 07.75 | +57 45 58.1 | Jul 20.40 | 20.0 | 0.07 | SN Ia | Jul 28 | 1 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11ilr | 23 07 32.50 | +15 20 23.0 | Jul 22.41 | 18.6 | None | SN Ib | Jul 28 | | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11imf | 02 41 45.35 | +40 02 19.5 | Jul 21.44 | 19.6 | 0.12 | SN Ia | Jul 28 | 2 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11jar | 16 46 11.90 | +54 34 03.0 | Jul 27.19 | 19.1 | 0.11 | SN Ia | Jul 28 | 0 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF is a collaboration of Caltech, LCOGT, the Weizmann Institute, LBNL, Oxford, Columbia, IPAC, and Berkeley.
