PTF weekly SN discovery report, Sep. 9, 2011
ATel #3644; Avishay Gal-Yam, I. Arcavi, D. Polishook (Weizmann), Y. Cao (Caltech) and Peter Nugent (LBNL) on behalf of the PTF
on 10 Sep 2011; 21:32 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 10 new spectroscopically confirmed 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
PTF11hfu | 21 21 13.83 | +02 19 11.9 | Jul 08.37 | 19.4 | 0.038 | SN Ia | Aug 04 | 8 d | Lick 3-m+KAST |
PTF11ilj | 00 35 44.05 | +38 40 06.6 | Jul 21.34 | 19.9 | 0.1 | SN Ia | Aug 06 | 10 d | P200+DBSP |
PTF11jaw | 16 32 18.06 | +40 53 54.7 | Jul 27.24 | 19.9 | 0.14 | SN Ia | Jul 29 | -1 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11jaz | 16 44 55.93 | +38 36 39.6 | Jul 27.25 | 20.3 | 0.16 | SN Ia | Jul 28 | -5 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11jba | 16 35 53.42 | +22 09 05.3 | Jul 27.26 | 20.5 | 0.16 | SN Ia | Jul 29 | 5 d | WHT+ISIS |
PTF11jgq | 17 55 28.99 | +45 32 27.2 | Jul 28.23 | 20.6 | 0.129 | SN Ia | Aug 01 | -10 d | Keck1+LRIS |
PTF11lms | 23 23 50.37 | +25 08 29.3 | Sep 01.42 | 20.5 | 0.11 | SN Ia | Sep 03 | | P200+DBSP |
PTF11lmz | 16 41 50.00 | +37 31 02.7 | Sep 02.17 | 18.9 | 0.06 | SN Ia | Sep 09 | 1 d | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF11lnb | 01 50 40.90 | +21 02 47.0 | Sep 02.36 | 21.7 | 0.05 | SN Ia | Sep 09 | 5 d | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF11lnq | 17 12 47.18 | +53 20 18.5 | Sep 04.15 | 21.0 | 0.15 | SN Ia | Sep 09 | 1 d | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF is a collaboration of Caltech, LCOGT, the Weizmann Institute, LBNL, Oxford, Columbia, IPAC, and Berkeley.
