PTF weekly SN discovery report, Sep. 23, 2011
ATel #3657; Avishay Gal-Yam and Peter Nugent (LBNL) on behalf of the PTF
on 23 Sep 2011; 21:22 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 2 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
PTF11mfy | 21 17 16.45 | +01 24 34.8 | Sep 16.37 | 18.2 | 0.065 | SN Ia | Sep 17 | 4 d | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF11msl | 21 45 55.67 | +20 39 51.1 | Sep 20.31 | 20.4 | 0.07 | SN II | Sep 22 | | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF is a collaboration of Caltech, LCOGT, the Weizmann Institute, LBNL, Oxford, Columbia, IPAC, and Berkeley.