PSN J03490564-0303283 is a young type II supernova
ATel #5565; D. Milisavljevic (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Gottilla (MMT Observatory)
on 9 Nov 2013; 13:21 UT
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Credential Certification: D. Milisavljevic (dmilisav@cfa.harvard.edu)
We report that a low-dispersion spectrogram (range 345-855 nm), obtained on Nov. 9.5 UT with the 6.5-m MMT telescope (+ Blue Channel), shows PSN J03490564-0303283 (ATel #5563) to be a young type-II supernova. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows an excellent match with the type-IIP event 1999gi 5 days before maximum light. Using a redshift of z = 0.013504 for the host galaxy (ATel #5563), we estimate the minimum of the H_alpha P-Cyg absorption to be blueshifted by approximately 12700 km/s.
