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PESSTO spectroscopic classification of optical transients

ATel #7209; M. Fraser (IoA), M. Smith, R. Firth, G. Dimitriadis, C. Frohmaier, R. Cartier (Southampton), J. Anderson, C. Inserra (QUB), K. Maguire (ESO), S. J. Smartt (QUB), K. W. Smith (QUB), M. Sullivan (Southampton), S. Valenti (LCOGT), O. Yaron (Weizmann), D. Young (QUB), I. Manulis (Weizmann), D. Wright (QUB), K. Chambers, H. Flewelling, M. Huber, E. Magnier, J. Tonry, C. Waters, R. J. Wainscoat (IfA, Univ. Hawaii)
on 11 Mar 2015; 23:02 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Mathew Smith (matsmith2@gmail.com)

Subjects: Optical, Supernovae

Referred to by ATel #: 7220

PESSTO, the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey for Transient Objects (see Smartt et al., arXiv:1411.0299 http://www.pessto.org ) reports the following supernova classifications. Targets were supplied by the Pan-STARRS Survey for Transients (see Huber et al., ATel #7153) and the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae ASAS-SN (http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~assassin/index.shtml). All observations were performed on the ESO New Technology Telescope at La Silla on 2015-03-10, using EFOSC2 and Grism 13 (3985-9315A, 18A resolution). Classifications were done with SNID (Blondin & Tonry, 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024) and superfit (Howell et al. 2005, Ap.J. 634, 1190). Classification spectra can be obtained from http://www.pessto.org (via WISeREP).

 
Name		 	| RA (J2000)	| Dec (J2000) | Disc. Date | Disc. Source | Disc Mag  | z	| Type  | Phase | Notes 
PSNJ07361576-6930230	| 07 36 15.76	| -69 30 23.0 | 20150309   | PSN	  | 16.8      | 0.004   | Ia    |  -11  | 
PS15br			| 11 25 19.23	|  08 14 18.5 | 20150216   | PS1	  | 18.3      | 0.101   | SLSN  | 	| a 
ASASSN-15ek		| 13 17 06.34	| -37 37 37.4 | 20150309   | ASASSN 	  | 15.4      | 0.0     | CV    |	| 
MASTERJ135329.90-421622.5| 13 53 29.89	| -42 16 22.5 | 20150227   | MASTER 	  | 17.8      | 0.052   | IIn   |  +10	| b 
PSNJ20580766-5147074	| 20 58 07.66	| -51 47 07.4 | 20150222   | PSN	  | 16.3      | 0.02    | Ib    |  +15  | c 
 
a) Spectroscopically similar to PTF12dam 
b) Blue continuum with weak absorption features. Redshift secure from narrow H-alpha and H-beta 
detections which are probably galactic. Possibly a young IIn, and reasonable match to 1998S around maximum. 
c) Possible match to a type IIb @ +10 days