PESSTO spectroscopic classification of optical transients
ATel #8518; R. Firth, C. Frohmaier, G. Dimitriadis (Southampton), M. Dennefeld (IAP, UPMC), C. Inserra (QUB), E. Kankare (QUB), S. J. Smartt (QUB), K. W. Smith (QUB), M. Sullivan (Southampton), S. Valenti (UC Davis), O. Yaron (Weizmann), D. Young (QUB), I. Manulis (Weizmann), C. Baltay, N. Ellman, E. Hadjiyska, R. McKinnon, D. Rabinowitz, S. Rostami (Yale University), U. Feindt, M. Kowalski (Universitat Bonn), P. Nugent (LBL Berkeley)
on 8 Jan 2016; 23:03 UT
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Credential Certification: Robert Firth (r.firth@soton.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
PESSTO, the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey for Transient Objects (see Smartt et al. 2015, A&A, 579, 40 http://www.pessto.org ), reports the following supernova classifications. Targets were supplied by La Silla QUEST (LSQ, see Baltay et al. 2013, PASP, 125, 683). All observations were performed on the ESO New Technology Telescope at La Silla on 2016 January 7, using EFOSC2 and Grism 13 (3985-9315A, 18A resolution). Classifications were done with SNID (Blondin & Tonry, 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024) and GELATO (Harutyunyan et al., 2008, A&A, 488, 383). 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
LSQ15bxe | 12:27:52.38 | -17:06:24.95| 2015-12-28 | LSQ | 17.77 | 0.044 | Type Ia 91T-like | +30 | (1)
Notes:
(1) Best spectral match to the over-luminous SNe Ia 99aa