iPTF discovery of a young SN candidate at z=0.00449
ATel #5137; Y. Cao (Caltech), E. Gorbikov, I. Arcavi, E. Ofek, A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann), P. Nugent (LBL), M. Kasliwal (Carnegie/Princeton) on behalf of the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory collaboration
on 17 Jun 2013; 12:58 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Yi Cao (ycao@astro.caltech.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
The intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #4807) report discovery of a young SN candidate, iPTF13bvn,
at RA=15:00:00.18, Dec=+01:52:53.5 in the host galaxy of NGC 5806 at z=0.00449. This optical transient was discovered
on June 16.24 UT when it was at magnitude 18.0 in r-band (calibrated with SDSS DR9). Nothing was there at this location on
June 15.29 UT to a limiting magnitude of 21.0.
