POSSIBLE PROGENITOR OF THE NEW TYPE II SN IN M51
ATel #3399; W. Li and A. V. Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley
on 3 Jun 2011; 12:04 UT
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Credential Certification: Weidong Li (weidong@astron.berkeley.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
W. Li and A. V. Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley,
report that they have isolated a possible progenitor for the young
type-II supernova in M51 (ATel 3398)in Hubble Space Telescope images of M51
(GO/DD program 10452) taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). A
geometrical transformation between a stacked KAIT (Lick Observatory) image of
the SN taken on Jun 3.26 UT and the ACS images has yielded the identification
of an object in the ACS images that is within the 0".09 uncertainty of the
supernova position; this object was detected in the F435W (B), F555W (V),
F658N (H-alpha), and F814W (I) band images. The position of the candidate
progenitor is measured to be R.A. = 13h30m05s.119, Decl. = +47o10'11".55
(equinox 2000.0). Further analysis of the astrometry and photometry
of the candidate progenitor is in progress. A finder chart with stamps
of the SN site from the ACS images in different filters can be found at http://astro.berkeley.edu/~weidong/m51sn.prog.gif
