Spectroscopic Classification of PSST Optical Transients
ATel #7785; M. Huber, K. C. Chambers, H. Flewelling, M. Willman, N. Primak, A. Schultz, B. Gibson, E. Magnier, C. Waters, J. Tonry, R. J. Wainscoat (IfA, Hawaii), K. W. Smith, D. Wright, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast), R. J. Foley (Illinois), S. W. Jha (Rutgers), A. Rest (STScI), D. Scolnic (Chicago/KICP)
on 11 Jul 2015; 01:08 UT
Credential Certification: Mark Huber (mhuber@ifa.hawaii.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable, Supernovae, Transient
We report spectroscopic classification of objects from the Pan-STARRS Survey for Transients (PSST; Huber et al., ATel #7153; http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/ps1threepi/ ). Observations were made with the SNIFS spectrograph on the UH 2.2m telescope (range 330-970nm, resolution R~1000) and the classification was done using SNID (Blondin and Tonry 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024) for supernova type.
Object | RA (J2000) | DEC (J2000) | Disc. Date | Mag(filt) | Spec. Date | Type | Redshift | Comments
PS15bdy | 22 30 31.75 | +36 41 26.7 | 20150706 | 18.07(i) | 20150709.59 | CV | | strong Balmer and He emission
PS15ayr | 20 50 19.63 | +15 53 29.4 | 20150626 | 17.57(i) | 20150708.49 | SNIa | 0.03 | +20-30 day past max, possibly 91bg-like
PS15bdv | 18 36 36.38 | +30 38 55.1 | 20150705 | 18.88(r) | 20150708.37 | SNIa | 0.08 | +5-10 days past max
PS15bdr | 16 54 49.42 | +36 43 30.5 | 20150704 | 19.34(r) | 20150708.31 | SNIa | 0.07 | near max
