Classification of optical transients with WiFeS
ATel #5948; M. Childress, R. Scalzo, F. Yuan, B. Schmidt (Australian National University), B. Tucker (Australian National University and University of California Bekerley)
on 5 Mar 2014; 01:52 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Michael Childress (mjc@mso.anu.edu.au)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
We report spectroscopic classification of optical transients with the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS - Dopita et al., 2007, ApSS, 310, 255) on the ANU 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, NSW Australia, using the B3000/R3000 gratings (3500-9800 A, 1 A resolution). Discovery and classification information are found in the table below, targets were observed on 2014 Mar 04, classifications were made with SNID (Blondin & Tonry, 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024). PSN J12104022-3403407 exhibits classical SN Ia spectral features about three weeks after maximum - Ca NIR in absorption, Si 6355 with adjacent Fe lines, with most line profiles becoming dominated by emission. TCP J19445890-1451183 in Barnard's Galaxy (NGC 6822) is a classical nova, with broad Balmer lines (Ha, Hb, Hg) in emission.
Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | Disc. Date | Disc. Source | Disc Mag | z | Type | Phase | Notes
PSN J12104022-3403407 | 12 10 40.22 | -34 03 40.7 | 20140301 | Parker | 16.8 | 0.021 | Ia | +21 |
TCP J19445890-1451183 | 19 44 58.90 | -14 51 18.3 | 20140302 | Monard | 15.4 | 0.000 | Nova | N/A |
