ASAS-SN Light Curve of Candidate Supernova PS15bpo
ATel #7879; K. Z. Stanek (Ohio State), Subo Dong (KIAA-PKU), C. S. Kochanek, T. W.-S. Holoien, J. S. Brown, A. B. Danilet, G. Simonian, U. Basu, J. F. Beacom, T. A. Thompson (Ohio State), B. J. Shappee (Hubble Fellow, Carnegie Observatories), J. L. Prieto (Diego Portales; MAS), D. Bersier (LJMU), J. Brimacombe (Coral Towers Observatory), E. Falco (CfA), P. R. Wozniak (LANL), D. Szczygiel, G. Pojmanski (Warsaw University Observatory)
on 6 Aug 2015; 14:54 UT
Credential Certification: Krzysztof Stanek (stanek.32@osu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
Possible supernova PS15bpo (ATel #7876) is present in multiple images obtained with the quadruple 14-cm ASAS-SN "Brutus" telescope in Haleakala, Hawaii. Due to severe contamination from a relatively nearby, very bright star, our software did not flag this event as a possible supernova, but it is
present in subtracted images as early as UT 2015-06-11.51 (V~16.5), peaking at V~15.4 on UT 2015-06-24.54 (see the full ASAS-SN light curve; due the contamination, the light curve is noisier than
usual).
We thank LCOGT and its staff for their continued support of
ASAS-SN. ASAS-SN is supported in part by Mt. Cuba Astronomical
Foundation. For more information about the ASAS-SN project, see the ASAS-SN
Homepage and the list of all ASAS-SN
transients.
