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PTF weekly SN discovery report, August 13, 2011

ATel #3557; Avishay Gal-Yam, Dong Xu (Weizmann), Peter Nugent (LBL), Assaf Horesh, Yi Cao (Caltech), and Emma Walker (Pisa), report for the PTF
on 13 Aug 2011; 19:56 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 8 new supernovae. PTF discoveries are made by autonomous PTF software (Bloom et al. 2011, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011arXiv1106.5491B ), 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  
PTF11hyh | 01 45 50.50 | +14 35 00.0 | Jul 14.41 | 17.9 | 0.06     | SN Ia    | Aug 06 |  23 d |      P200+DBSP | CSS110701:014551+143502  
PTF11ikv | 22 34 22.46 | +27 37 38.4 | Jul 21.49 | 18.9 | 0.114    | SN Ia    | Aug 06 |  16 d |      P200+DBSP |   
PTF11ipz | 21 25 04.40 | -03 50 33.0 | Jul 23.41 | 19.3 | 0.163    | SN Ia    | Aug 06 |  14 d |      P200+DBSP |   
PTF11ixp | 23 05 25.14 | +16 07 22.6 | Jul 22.37 | 19.4 | 0.154    | SN Ia    | Aug 06 |  10 d |      P200+DBSP |   
PTF11jct | 01 53 20.68 | +27 04 06.5 | Jul 27.44 | 19.1 | 0.1      | SN Ia    | Aug 06 |  21 d |      P200+DBSP |   
PTF11jpv | 21 57 17.71 | +03 32 09.7 | Aug 01.33 | 19.8 | 0.179    | SN Ia    | Aug 06 |  -6 d |      P200+DBSP |   
PTF11kaw | 23 10 53.62 | +13 21 22.7 | Aug 06.29 | 19.4 | 0.08     | SN Ia    | Aug 13 |  -2 d |    TNG+DOLORES |   
PTF11khk | 17 02 58.05 | +40 31 06.8 | Aug 09.31 | 17.8 | 0.03     | SN Ia    | Aug 11 |   0 d |    TNG+DOLORES |  
 
PTF is a collaboration of Caltech, LCOGT, the Weizmann Institute, LBNL, Oxford, Columbia, IPAC, and Berkeley.