PESSTO spectroscopic classification of optical transients 20120907
ATel #4362; I. Arcavi (Weizmann Institute for Science) Y.-C Pan, M. Sullivan, K. Maguire (University of Oxford), S. Taubenberger (MPA Garching), S. Valenti, A. Pastorello, S. Benetti (INAF - Padova Astronomical Observatory), S. J. Smartt, K. Smith, D. Young (Queen's University Belfast), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron (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 8 Sep 2012; 19:18 UT
Credential Certification: Kate Maguire (kmaguire11@qub.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
Referred to by ATel #: 4369
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) and the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey (http://crts.caltech.edu/). All observations were performed on the ESO New Technology Telescope at La Silla on 2012 September 07, using EFOSC2 and Grism 13 (3985-9315A, 18A resolution). Classifications were done with 'superfit' (Howell et al. 2005). Classification spectra can be obtained from http://www.pessto.org (via WISeREP).
Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | Disc. Date | Disc. Source | Disc Mag | z | Type | Phase (d) | Notes
LSQ12eij | 23 35 24.58 | -20 30 40.7 | 20120812 | LSQ | 19.3 | ? | ? | ? | continuum dominated, see note (1)
SNhunt146 | 03 18 51.12 | -13:03:47.2 | 20120814 | CRTS | 19.3 | 0.031 | SN Ia | +25 |
SSS120827:010014-304831 | 01 00 14.37 | -30 48 30.8 | 20120827 | CRTS | 15.4 | 0.055 | SN Ia | +45 |
LSQ12eor | 03 50 51.58 | -16 55 27.6 | 20120827 | LSQ | 18.7 | 0.04 | SN II | ? |
(1) Observed by Nearby Supernova Factory II (http://snfactory.lbl.gov) to have moderately blue, featureless continuum (priv. comm.)