Spectroscopic confirmation of Gaia Alerts

ATel #6788; T. Wevers (RU Nijmegen), P. G. Jonker (SRON & RU Nijmegen), S. van Velzen (JHU), M. Fraser, S. T. Hodgkin, N. Blagorodnova, H. Campbell, S. Koposov, G. van Leeuwen (University of Cambridge), L. Wyrzykowski (Warsaw Observatory)
on 8 Dec 2014; 09:23 UT
Credential Certification: P.G. Jonker (p.jonker@sron.nl)

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We report spectroscopic confirmation and classifications for reported Gaia Photometric Science Alerts (http://gaia.ac.uk/selected-gaia-science-alerts). All spectra were taken at the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope on La Palma, over the nights of 15-18 November. Low resolution spectra were taken using IDS/RED+2/R300V.

 
Name       RA          Dec        Instrument    Date of spectrum        
Classification / Comments 
 
GAIA14ACE 01:31:39.88 -29:00:05.2  IDS/RED+2 2014-11-16.0             M-star 
GAIA14ACP 04:00:18.12 -25:52:06.5  IDS/RED+2 2014-11-16.0             Galaxy 
GAIA14ACR 03:58:51.39 +14:11:15.3  IDS/RED+2 2014-11-18.1             Galaxy 
GAIA14ACY 00:40:40.84 -28:57:23.2  IDS/RED+2 2014-11-15.9             SNIa ~ 21 days post-max, z=0.12 
GAIA14ADC 21:04:15.58 +51:19:57.1  IDS/RED+2 2014-11-15.8             M-star 
GAIA14ADE 23:50:52.01 +28:58:59.5  IDS/RED+2 2014-11-15.9             CV 

We acknowledge ESA Gaia (cosmos.esa.int/gaia), and the DPAC Photometric Science Alerts Team (http://gaia.ac.uk/selected-gaia-science-alerts).