FLOYDS Classification of ASASSN-15ps as a Type Ia Supernova Near Peak
ATel #8076; G. Hosseinzadeh (LCOGT/UCSB), S. J. Smartt (QUB), I. Arcavi, D. A. Howell, C. McCully, S. Valenti (LCOGT/UCSB)
on 20 Sep 2015; 23:43 UT
Credential Certification: Iair Arcavi (iarcavi@lcogt.net)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
We obtained a spectrum of ASASSN-15ps (ATel #8066) on 2015 September 20.7 UT with the robotic FLOYDS instrument mounted on the Faulkes Telescope South. Using SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024), we find several good fits to the normal Type Ia SN 1998aq 2-6 days after maximum light at redshifts around z=0.04.
