Optical spectroscopy of ASASSN-15ms
ATel #7826; K. Takats (MAS, UNAB), F. Bufano (INAF-OACT), G. Pignata (UNAB, MAS), F. Olivares (MAS, UNAB), J. L. Prieto (UDP, MAS)
on 23 Jul 2015; 10:17 UT
Credential Certification: Filomena Bufano (filomena.bufano@oapd.inaf.it)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
We report the spectroscopic classification of the supernova candidate ASASSN-15ms discovered by the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (see Atel #7811).
The optical spectrum (range 389-800 nm) was obtained using the Goodman spectrograph mounted on SOAR at CTIO on UT 2015-07-23.01.
Classification, performed with both GELATO (Harutyunyan et al. 2008, A&A, 488, 383) and SNID (Blondin and Tonry 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024), suggests the transient to be a Type Ia supernovae around 1 week after maximum light.
