Confirmation of CRTS Supernovae

ATel #2043; A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, R. Williams (Caltech); Myers, A. (UIUC), M. Catelan (PUC); E. C. Beshore, S. M. Larson (LPL/UA); E. Christensen (Gemini Observatory);
on 2 May 2009; 03:03 UT
Credential Certification: Andrew J. Drake (ajd@cacr.caltech.edu)

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We report on the classification of SNe discovered by CRTS:

CRTS ID	Detection Date	RA	Dec	Z	Type	ATel
CSS090422:150104+431313	2009-04-22	15:01:04.03	43:13:13.9	0.09	Ia	ATEL#2029
CSS090421:133609+340319	2009-04-21	13:36:09.45	34:03:19.0	0.04	II-p	ATEL#2029
CSS090421:164926+055248	2009-04-21	16:49:25.67	05:52:48.1	0.05	Ia	new
CSS090418:132440+163405	2009-04-18	13:24:40.14	16:34:05.5	0.03	II-p	new
CSS090417:133946-212719	2009-04-17	13:39:46.36	-21:27:19.1	0.06	Ia-91bg	new

CSS090422:150104+431313 and CSS090421:133609+340319 were spectroscopically confirmed by Moskvitin et al. (the GRB follow-up team) with the BTA 6m on Apr 23rd. CSS090421:164926+055248, CSS090418:132440+163405 and CSS090417:133946-212719 were confirmed using the Palomar 5m on Apr. 29th.

Further to ATEL#2037, this event was independent discovered by CRTS on Apr 25 UT and automatically posted as a VOEvent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOEvent) alert.

For finding charts, discovery images, lightcurves, etc., visit (http://voeventnet.cacr.caltech.edu/feeds/ATEL/CRTS). Current candidate and confirmed SNe can be found here.