PTF weekly SN discovery report, May 6, 2011
ATel #3348; PTF
on 13 May 2011; 16:20 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Avishay Gal-Yam (avishay.gal-yam@weizmann.ac.il)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
The PTF (ATEL #1964, #3253; http://www.astro.caltech.edu/ptf/ ; Law et al. 2009, PASP, 121, 1395; Rau et al. 2009, PASP, 121, 1334) reports the discovery of 11 new supernovae. PTF discoveries are made by autonomous PTF software, as well as by the Galaxy Zoo Supernova Project (Smith et al. 2011, MNRAS, 412, 1309; http://supernova.galaxyzoo.org ).
Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | Discovery | Mag | Redshift | Type | Spec. | Phase | Instrument | Notes
PTF11bof | 15 53 04.73 | +20 38 09.5 | Mar 23.41 | 18.4 | 0.026 | SN Ia | Apr 11 | 21 d | KPNO4m+RC Spec |
PTF11bui | 13 12 56.40 | +47 27 12.5 | Apr 11.50 | 18.6 | 0.02846 | SN Ia | Apr 12 | -14 d | Gemini-N+GMOS | Independently reported by MASTER, ATEL#3312
PTF11cao | 16 18 47.96 | +25 11 16.5 | Apr 12.44 | 18.1 | 0.04 | SN Ia | Apr 14 | -5 d | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF11cji | 12 44 34.28 | +07 37 26.3 | Apr 20.41 | 18.6 | 0.088 | SN Ia | May 02 | 7 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11cmw | 11 58 58.13 | +56 11 19.1 | Apr 27.43 | 20.1 | 0.06 | SN Ia | May 03 | -5 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11cnc | 12 39 01.25 | +08 50 23.5 | Apr 27.32 | 19.2 | 0.071 | SN Ia | Apr 29 | -8 d | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF11cnx | 13 56 51.08 | +20 53 30.1 | Apr 28.33 | 20.5 | 0.14 | SN Ia | May 04 | 9 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11ctn | 14 06 53.37 | +40 13 13.9 | Apr 29.49 | 18.5 | 0.079 | SN Ia | May 02 | -1 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11cus | 13 31 48.97 | +40 38 02.6 | Apr 29.44 | 20.7 | 0.2 | SN Ia | May 04 | 3 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11cve | 12 53 30.41 | -10 01 59.9 | Apr 29.23 | 19.8 | 0.12 | SN Ia | May 03 | 8 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11cxs | 14 37 35.77 | +24 15 29.0 | May 01.44 | 19.4 | 0.12 | SN Ia | May 04 | -5 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF is a collaboration of Caltech, LCOGT, the Weizmann Institute, LBNL, Oxford, Columbia, IPAC, and Berkeley.
