PTF SN discovery report, September 8, 2012
ATel #4363; A. Gal-Yam (WIS), P. Nugent (LBNL), E. Walker (Pisa) and S. B. Cenko and O. Fox (UCB) report for the PTF
on 8 Sep 2012; 20:26 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 8 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
PTF12ibd | 00 39 02.59 | +00 46 25.4 | Aug 25.28 | 19.8 | 0.1229 | SN Ia | Aug 28 | 5 d | TNG+DOLORES |
PTF12ibh | 00 46 21.28 | +01 07 20.6 | Aug 25.36 | 19.8 | 0.11 | SN Ia | Aug 27 | -2 d | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF12igp | 23 57 21.78 | -07 25 38.8 | Aug 28.47 | 19.8 | 0.17 | SN Ia | Aug 31 | -1 d | TNG+DOLORES |
PTF12igw | 00 33 59.85 | -06 18 33.7 | Aug 28.47 | 20.2 | 0.134 | SN Ia | Aug 31 | -5 d | TNG+DOLORES |
PTF12iif | 23 43 44.15 | -14 42 38.3 | Aug 29.32 | 18.4 | 0.024674 | SN II | Sep 07 | | Lick 3-m+KAST |
PTF12iiq | 02 50 07.76 | -00 15 54.4 | Aug 29.36 | 19.3 | 0.0291 | SN Ia | Sep 01 | -8 d | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF12ikt | 01 14 43.13 | +00 17 07.1 | Sep 06.32 | 18.4 | 0.045185 | SN Ia | Sep 07 | -5 d | Lick 3-m+KAST |
PTF12ilb | 23 56 02.04 | +14 29 59.2 | Sep 06.19 | 18.2 | 0.078 | SN Ia | Sep 07 | 3 d | Lick 3-m+KAST |
PTF is a collaboration of Caltech, LCOGT, the Weizmann Institute, LBNL, Oxford, Columbia, IPAC, and Berkeley.
