Spectroscopic Classification of SN 2016aqv as a Type IIn Supernova
ATel #8762; Jujia Zhang, Chuanjun Wang (YNAO), Xiaofeng Wang, Wenxiong Li, Zesheng Yang (Tsinghua University), Bin Li, Haibin Zhao, and Lifan Wang (PMO)
on 2 Mar 2016; 11:53 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Xiaofeng Wang (wang_xf@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
We report an optical spectrum (range 340-900 nm) of SN 2016aqv (ATEL #8757) that was obtained on UT Mar.01.8 2016 with the 2.4-m telescope (+YFOSC) at LiJiang Gaomeigu Station of Yunnan Astronomical Observatories (YNAO). The spectrum is characterized by narrow Ha peak that is superimposed on a blue continuum. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the spectral comparison tool Gelato (Harutyunyan et al., 2008, A&A, 488, 383) shows that it matches with SN 2005gj at t ~ 12 days after the explosion.
