SN impostor in NGC 5908
ATel #3969; S. Benetti, A. Pastorello, M. Turatto, S. Valenti, L. Tomasella, P. Ochner (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)
on 15 Mar 2012; 08:02 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Stefano Benetti (stefano.benetti@oapd.inaf.it)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
We report that a noisy spectrogram of PSNJ15164204+5525011, obtained on Mar. 14.09 UT with the 1.82-m Copernico
Telescope (+ AFOSC; range 340-790 nm, resolution 2.2 nm), is consistent with that of a SN ``impostor'' in outburst. The spectrum consists of a relatively red continuum with over imposed a narrow (not resolved) H-alpha emission.
