Spectroscopic confirmation of DES12C3a
ATel #4725; C. Lidman, A. Hopkins (Australian Astronomical Observatory), E. Ahn, D. Finley, J. Frieman, J. Marriner, W. Wester (Fermilab), G. Aldering, J. S. Bloom, A. Kim, P. Nugent, S. Perlmutter, R. C. Thomas (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), K. Barbary, J. P. Bernstein, R. Biswas, E. Kovacs, S. Kuhlmann, H. Spinka (Argonne National Laboratory), C. Blake, K. Glazebrook, J. Mould, S. A. Uddin (Swinburne University of Technology), P. J. Brown, K. Krisciunas, N. Suntzeff (Texas A&M University), H. Campbell, C. D'Andrea, R. Nichol, A. Papadopoulos (University of Portsmouth), R. Cane, J. A. Fischer, S. Gilhool, L. Gladney, R. Gupta, J. Mosher, M. Sako (University of Pennsylvania), M. Colless, B. P. Schmidt, R. Sharp (Australian National University), R. A. Covarrubias (University of Illinois / NCSA), T. M. Davis, C. O'Neill (University of Queensland), S. Desai, K. Paech (Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich), R. Kessler (University of Chicago), M. March (University of Sussex), G. Poole (University of Melbourne), M. Smith (University of the Western Cape), R. C. Smith (NOAO/CTIO), M. Sullivan (University of Southampton)
on 11 Jan 2013; 04:22 UT
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Credential Certification: Masao Sako (masao@sas.upenn.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
We report optical spectroscopy by the OzDES collaboration of a supernova
candidate discovered by the Dark Energy Supernova Survey (ATel #4668). The
spectrum (350-900 nm) of DES12C3a was obtained at the Anglo-Australian
Telescope with AAOmega-2dF observed by A. Hopkins. SNID (Blondin & Tonry,
2007, ApJ, 666, 1024) shows this event to be a Type Ia SN at z=0.24 near
maximum light.
Name | RA(J2000) | Dec(J2000) | Discovery | Discovery | Spectrum | redshift | type | phase
| | | date (UT) | i mag | date (UT) | | |
DES12C3a | 03:36:19.9 | -29:00:49.6 | 2012 Dec 17 | 25.6 | 2013 Jan 6 | 0.24 | Ia | near max
