Asiago spectroscopic classification of PSN16554477+2615286 in PGC 59263
ATel #6226; L. Tomasella, Cappellaro, e., S. Benetti, A. Pastorello , N. Elias-Rosa, P. Ochner and M. Turatto (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)
on 11 Jun 2014; 00:53 UT
Credential Certification: Enrico Cappellaro (enrico.cappellaro@oapd.inaf.it)
An optical spectrogram of PSN16554477+2615286 (range 340-820 nm; resolution 1.3 nm), obtained on June 10.95 UT with the Asiago 182cm Copernico Telescope (+AFOSC) under the Asiago Transient Classification Program (Tomasella et al. 2014, posted at http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.7233 ) shows that this is a type IIn supernova.
The spectrum, dominated by strong narrow H Balmer emissions (FWHM ~ 1700 km/s) on a relatively blue continuum, best matches that of SN 1995G (Pastorello et al. 2002 MNRAS 333, 27) near maximum. The redshift is measured as z=0.036 consistent with the that of the host galaxy PGC59263, z=0.0367 as reported in NED.
The Asiago classification spectrum is posted at the website http://sngroup.oapd.inaf.it. Classification was made via GELATO (Harutyunyan et al. 2008, A.Ap. 488, 383) and SNID (Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024).
