DAO Spectroscopic classification of SN 2017iuu = ATLAS17nnf
ATel #11050; D. D. Balam, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, National Research Council of Canada, K. Thanjavur (University of Victoria), E. Hsiao ( Florida State University) and M. L. Graham (University of Washington)
on 11 Dec 2017; 21:20 UT
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Credential Certification: David D. Balam (cosmos@uvic.ca)
D. D. Balam, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, National Research
Council of Canada, K. Thanjavur (University of Victoria), E. Hsiao,
Florida State University and M. L. Graham (University of Washington)
report that a spectrogram (range 390-710 nm, resolution 0.3 nm) of
2017iuu = ATLAS17nnf (J. Tonry, B. Stalder, L. Denneau, A. Heinze,
H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), A. Rest (STScI), K.W. Smith,
S. J. Smartt, M. Fulton, O. McBrien (Queen's University Belfast),
obtained on Dec. 11.33 UT with the 1.82-m Plaskett Telescope
of the National Research Council of Canada, shows it to be a normal
type Ia supernova near maximum light. Cross-correlation with a library
of supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code
(Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666,1024) suggests that 2017iuu is
most similar to the normal type-Ia supernova 1994ae at 3 days past
maximum light. There are several possible host galaxies with no
published redshifts. Our solution yields a redshift of 0.043 for this
object.
