PTF SN discovery report, July 2012
ATel #4293; Avishay Gal-Yam, Sagi Ben-Ami, I. Arcavi, O. Yaron (Weizmann), Peter Nugent (LBL), B. Sesar, Y. Cao (Caltech), J. Silverman, K. Clubb, A. V. Filippenko, S. B. cenko (UC Berkeley), J. Parrent (LCOGT) and K. Maguire, M. Sullivan (Oxford) report for the PTF
on 1 Aug 2012; 05:36 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 14 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
PTF12bok | 12 13 37.15 | +46 29 01.1 | Mar 13.14 | 20.1 | 0.025244 | SN Ia | Mar 20 | -7 d | Keck2+DEIMOS | SN 2012bh
PTF12dst | 15 14 33.80 | +44 37 24.0 | Apr 23.33 | 20.7 | 0.192 | SN Ia | Apr 29 | 0 d | TNG+DOLORES |
PTF12fes | 16 00 35.13 | +15 41 03.5 | Jun 09.39 | 18.9 | 0.0359 | SN Ib | Jul 16 | | Keck1+LRIS | SN 2012dp
PTF12gcx | 15 44 17.32 | +09 57 43.1 | Jun 13.37 | 19.5 | 0.045 | SN II | Jul 26 | | P200+DBSP |
PTF12ggi | 03 50 24.42 | +69 25 23.3 | Jun 24.47 | 19.3 | 0.02 | SN II | Jul 18 | | P200+DBSP |
PTF12glz | 15 54 53.04 | +03 32 07.5 | Jul 06.21 | 19.7 | 0.079 | SN IIn | Jul 26 | | P200+DBSP |
PTF12gpn | 00 05 32.35 | -06 38 34.7 | Jul 14.39 | 18.1 | 0.02165 | SN IIb | Jul 15 | | P200+DBSP |
PTF12gvr | 16 05 13.32 | +30 28 07.0 | Jul 20.32 | 20.6 | 0.056 | SN Ib/c | Jul 25 | | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF12gwj | 15 18 50.18 | +11 40 32.1 | Jul 21.19 | 20.0 | 0.15 | SN Ia | Jul 26 | -6 d | P200+DBSP |
PTF12gxc | 15 11 52.57 | +06 09 47.1 | Jul 17.24 | 19.8 | 0.077 | SN Ia | Jul 27 | | P200+DBSP |
PTF12gxk | 16 44 53.44 | +29 44 38.5 | Jul 22.33 | 20.1 | 0.15 | SN Ia | Jul 26 | 3 d | P200+DBSP |
PTF12gyr | 17 11 53.57 | +27 37 10.2 | Jul 23.32 | 20.3 | 0.106 | SN Ia | Jul 26 | -5 d | P200+DBSP |
PTF12gzt | 16 04 16.74 | +36 22 47.7 | Jul 25.26 | 20.3 | 0.15 | SN Ia | Jul 26 | 3 d | Gemini N+GMOS |
PTF12hdb | 21 33 54.02 | +00 08 57.4 | Jul 29.35 | 20.3 | 0.121 | SN Ia | Jul 30 | 0 d | Gemini N+GMOS |
PTF is a collaboration of Caltech, LCOGT, the Weizmann Institute, LBNL, Oxford, Columbia, IPAC, and Berkeley.
