Spectroscopic classification of Gaia16cdi (SN 2016iyf) as Type Ia supernova with SEDM
ATel #9888; N. Blagorodnova, James D. Neill, R. Walters (Caltech)
on 20 Dec 2016; 23:47 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Nadejda Blagorodnova (nblago@ast.cam.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
The Caltech Time Domain Astronomy group reports the classification of Gaia16cdi (SN 2016iyf), discovered by the Gaia ESA survey.
The follow-up spectroscopic observations were performed with the Spectral Energy Distribution Machine (SEDM)
(http://www.astro.caltech.edu/sedm/, range 350-950nm, spectral resolution R~100) on Palomar 60-inch (P60) telescope.
The classification spectrum is available on TNS.
Name | IAU Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | redshift | Discovery (UT) | Discovery mag | Type | Phase
Gaia16cdi | SN2016iyf | 10:16:34.21 | +22:05:14.60 | 0.041 | 2016-12-17 18:33:23 | 17.90 | Ia | +20 d
We acknowledge ESA Gaia (http://cosmos.esa.int/gaia), and the DPAC Photometric Science Alerts Team (http://gsaweb.ast.cam.ac.uk/alerts) (Rixon et al, 2014, ATel #6593).
