Spectroscopic classification of the SLSN 2020vpg with MMT and Binospec
ATel #14197; G. Terreran, D. L. Coppejans, R. Margutti (Northwestern University)
on 19 Nov 2020; 00:13 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Giacomo Terreran (giacomo.terreran@northwestern.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
We report the spectroscopic classification of SN 2020vpg as a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova. The object was discovered by the Pan-STARRS Survey for Transients (Chambers et al. 2016).
The observation was performed with Binospec, mounted on the 6.5m MMT telescope (range 385-920 nm; resolution 0.4 nm).
Survey Name | IAU Name | Discovery MJD | Discovery mag | z | Type | Phase | Notes
PS20ikn | SN 2020vpg | 59119.43 | 21.6 | 0.257 | SLSN-I | ~at max | (1)
(1) The redshift is measured from hydrogen lines coming from the host galaxy. At the inferred distance, the object peaked at ~-20.2 mag.
