PSN J05001372-0320512 is likely a SN Ib/c simialr to SN 2008D
ATel #3922; D. Xu (Weizmann Inst.), J.-J. Zhang (YNAO), J. Chen, X.-F. Wang (Tsinghua Univ.), B. Wang (YNAO), J.-S. Deng, J.-Y. Wei, X.-W. Wang (NAOC) report on behalf of a larger collaboration
on 13 Feb 2012; 17:48 UT
Credential Certification: Dong Xu (dong.dark@gmail.com)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
Referred to by ATel #: 3923
The optical transient, PSN J05001372-0320512, was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search program (ref., http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/ ). It is localised in the galaxy of NGC 1729 (z=0.012115). We carried out spectroscopic observation of this source using the Chinese 2.4m Gao-Mei-Gu (GMG) telescope equipped with the YFOSC camera on Feb. 11 and 12, and two spectra were obtained. Comparison of the spectra with supernova libraries in SUPERFIT (Howell et al. 2005, ApJ 634, 1190) and GELATO (Harutyunyan et al., 2008, A&A, 488, 383) shows that PSN J05001372-032-512 is likely a Type Ib/c supernova in its early phase, being similar to SN 2008D at about two weeks before maximum.
