Classification of ASASSN-13ar with FLOYDS at Faulkes Telescope South
ATel #5155; D. Sand (Texas Tech), S. Valenti, M. L. Graham (LCOGT/UCSB), J. T. Parrent (LCOGT/Dartmouth College)
on 21 Jun 2013; 22:58 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: David Sand (dave.j.sand@gmail.com)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
We report a spectroscopic classification of ASASSN-13ar
(Atel #5138) located at
RA=01:18:41.76 dec=-07:26:39.70 (J2000). A spectrum (range 330-1000
nm) obtained robotically on June 21.80 UT with the FLOYDS spectrograph
at "Faulkes Telescope South" at Siding Springs shows it to be a SN Ia
within a couple days of maximum light, and is consistent with the host
galaxy redshift of z=0.0178. Classification was performed via
supernova spectrum cross correlation using SNID (Blondin & Tonry,
2007, ApJ, 666, 1024).
