PTF SN discovery report, October 9, 2012
ATel #4470; A. Gal-Yam (WIS), P. Nugent (LBNL), Y. Cao, D. Levitan, G. Hallinan, G. Kyne (Caltech), J. Silverman (UCB/UT), K. Clubb, A. Miller, O. Fox (UCB), N. Suzuki (LBNL) and R. Quimby (IPMU) report for the PTF
on 9 Oct 2012; 21:18 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 9 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
PTF12dhk | 13 15 11.07 | +53 16 54.0 | Apr 21.17 | 19.5 | 0.07 | SN Ia | Apr 26 | 7 d | WHT+ACAM | CSS120427:131511+531654
PTF12eph | 15 01 13.48 | +47 33 38.6 | May 19.43 | 19.8 | 0.106 | SN Ia | Jun 16 | 15 d | Keck1+LRIS |
PTF12hws | 00 46 21.86 | +01 07 24.9 | Aug 19.41 | 21.1 | 0.13 | SN Ia | Sep 19 | | APO+DIS |
PTF12irx | 00 55 57.16 | +41 37 30.4 | Sep 15.16 | 21.1 | 0.126 | SN Ia | Sep 18 | -3 d | P200+DBSP |
PTF12itq | 22 57 55.38 | -00 20 25.3 | Sep 16.32 | 21.1 | 0.22 | SN Ia | Sep 18 | -8 d | P200+DBSP |
PTF12ivi | 00 50 16.23 | -00 13 38.0 | Sep 15.36 | 20.7 | 0.16 | SN Ia | Sep 24 | -5 d | Lick 3-m+KAST |
PTF12ixq | 02 52 16.01 | +00 31 33.7 | Sep 21.49 | 20.4 | 0.12 | SN Ia | Sep 24 | -3 d | Lick 3-m+KAST |
PTF12izc | 23 43 34.37 | +00 34 07.2 | Sep 21.44 | 20.1 | 0.08 | SN Ia | Sep 24 | -7 d | Lick 3-m+KAST |
PTF12jje | 00 52 22.44 | +21 09 09.0 | Oct 05.11 | 19.2 | 0.042 | SN II | Oct 06 | | UH88+SNIFS |
PTF is a collaboration of Caltech, LCOGT, the Weizmann Institute, LBNL, Oxford, Columbia, IPAC, and Berkeley.
