Classification of LSQ Supernova LSQ13vy with FLOYDS at Faulkes Telescope South
ATel #4958; S. Valenti, M. L. Graham, D. A. Howell (LCOGT/UCSB), D. Sand (Texas Tech), J. T. Parrent (LCOGT/Dartmouth College), E. Hadjiyska, E. S. Walker, D. Rabinowitz, C. Baltay, N. Ellman, R. McKinnon (Yale), U. Feindt (U. Bonn), P. Nugent (LBNL/UCB)
on 7 Apr 2013; 04:46 UT
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Credential Certification: Stefano Valenti (svalenti@lcogt.net)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
We report a spectroscopic classification of LSQ13vy located at ra= 16:06:55.85 dec=+03:00:15.1.
A spectrum (range 350-1000 nm) obtained robotically on Apr. 06.70 UT with the FLOYDS spectrograph at "Faulkes Telescope South" at Siding Spring, shows it to be a SN type Ia several days before maxium at a redshift of 0.032. Comparisons with a library of supernova spectra using the Superfit SN spectral identification code (Howell et al. 2005, ApJ, 634, 1190) yields the best match with SN1994D (Hoflich 1995 ApJ, 443, 89) at -8 days.
