PESSTO spectroscopic classification of optical transients
ATel #4337; M. Fraser (Queens University Belfast), F. Cellier-Holzem (LPHNE, Paris), C. Inserra, S. J. Smartt, D. Wright, D. R. Young, K. W. Smith (Queens University Belfast), A. Pastorello, S. Valenti, S. Benetti (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova), S. Taubenberger (MPA), M. Sullivan (University of Oxford), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, I. Arcavi (Weizmann Institute for Science), C. Baltay, N. Ellman, E. Hadjiyska, R. McKinnon, D. Rabinowitz (Yale University), U. Feindt, M. Kowalski (Universitat Bonn), P. Nugent (LBL Berkeley)
on 26 Aug 2012; 18:43 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Morgan Fraser (mfraser02@qub.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Variables
PESSTO, the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey for Transient Objects (see Valenti et al., ATel #4037; http://www.pessto.org ), reports the following supernova classifications. Targets were supplied by the La Silla-Quest survey (see Hadjiyska et al., ATel #3812). All observations were performed on the ESO New Technology Telescope at La Silla on 2012 August 25, using EFOSC2 and Grism 13 (3985-9315A, 18A resolution). Classifications were done with SNID (Blondin & Tonry, 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024) and GELATO (Harutyunyan et al., 2008, A&A, 488, 383). Classification spectra can be obtained from http://www.pessto.org (via WISeREP).
Name | RA | Dec | Disc. Date | Disc. source | Disc. Mag | Redshift | Type | Phase | Notes
LSQ12emc | 20:38:59.88 | -05:02:19.3 | 20120822 | LSQ | 19.4 | 0 | Stellar | variable | F/G-type ; SDSS J203859.88-050218.9
LSQ12eli | 03:24:47.57 | -06:51:49.3 | 20120810 | LSQ | 18.7 | 0.15 | SN Ia | +9 | Normal, resembles 06ac
