FLOYDS Classification of PSN J08241502-1846281 as a Peculiar Type II Supernova
ATel #8102; G. Hosseinzadeh, S. Valenti, I. Arcavi, D. A. Howell, C. McCully (LCOGT/UCSB)
on 28 Sep 2015; 23:23 UT
Credential Certification: Iair Arcavi (iarcavi@lcogt.net)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
We obtained a spectrum of PSN J08241502-1846281, discovered by Berto Monard (Bronberg Obs.) and posted on the CBAT TOCP, on 2015 September 26.7 UT with the robotic FLOYDS instrument mounted on the Faulkes Telescope South. We find a broad H-alpha P Cygni profile superimposed on a blue continuum. The blue continuum is unusual for a supernova two weeks post-maximum, as is the relatively low H-alpha expansion velocity (~5000 km/s measured at the proposed host galaxy redshift of z=0.008; Theureau et al. 1998, A&AS, 130, 333 via NED). We requested Swift ToO observations of this source. Further followup is encouraged.
