Spectroscopic Observation of AT2018lab with Faulkes-South/FLOYDS
ATel #12339; C. D. Kilpatrick, R. J. Foley (UCSC)
on 30 Dec 2018; 06:55 UT
Credential Certification: Charles Kilpatrick (cdkilpat@ucsc.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
We report spectroscopic observations of AT2018lab, discovered by the DLT40 survey on UT 2018 Dec 29.13 in the luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG) IC 2163. The observations were performed using the FLOYDS spectrograph on Faulkes-South on UT 2018 Dec 29.46. The spectrum reveals a mostly featureless blue continuum. We also note the presence of H-alpha emission in our spectrum with FWHM of 400 km/s. This feature could be associated with the host galaxy IC 2163, but is blueshifted from the nominal recessional velocity of the host by 600 km/s.
