Classification of optical transients with WiFeS
ATel #6092; M. Childress, R. Scalzo, F. Yuan, B. Schmidt (Australian National University), B. Tucker (Australian National University and University of California Bekerley)
on 24 Apr 2014; 02:30 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 Apr 23, and classifications were made with SNID (Blondin & Tonry, 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024).
Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | Disc. Date | Disc. Source | Disc Mag | z | Type | Phase | Notes
MASTER OT J140804.26-115949.7 | 14:08:04.26 | -11:59:49.7 | 20140330 | MASTER | 18.3 | 0.034 | Ia | +25 | (1)
PSN J14192892-0537361 | 14:19:28.92 | -05:37:36.1 | 20140420 | CRTS | 20.2 | 0.035 | II | +14 | (2)
Notes:
(1) Full discovery details in ATel #6084. Match to SN 2004as at z=0.034, consistent with redshift of host PGC 959023 (z=0.035308; Jones et al., 2009, 6dF Galaxy Survey Data Release 3).
(2) a.k.a. SNHunt241, see also ATel #6091. Match to SN 2005cs at z=0.035, consistent with redshift of host PGC 051192 (z=0.034917; Jones et al., 2009, 6dF Galaxy Survey Data Release 3).