FLOYDS Classification of PSN J01505356-3600308 as a 91bg-like Type Ia Supernova Near Peak
ATel #8178; G. Hosseinzadeh, I. Arcavi, D. A. Howell, C. McCully (LCOGT/UCSB), S. Valenti (UC Davis)
on 17 Oct 2015; 03:27 UT
Credential Certification: Iair Arcavi (iarcavi@lcogt.net)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
We obtained a spectrum of PSN J01505356-3600308, discovered by Greg Bock (BOSS) and posted on the CBAT TOCP, on 2015 October 16.7 UT with the robotic FLOYDS instrument mounted on the Faulkes Telescope South. Using SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024), we find good fits to SN 1991bg a few days after maximum light at the redshift of the proposed host galaxy (z=0.019; Lauberts & Valentijn 1989, The Surface Photometry Catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala Galaxies, via NED).
