FLOYDS Classification of ATLAS16ago/AT 2016bev as a Type II Supernova
ATel #8856; G. Hosseinzadeh, I. Arcavi (LCOGT/UCSB), S. Valenti (UC Davis), D. A. Howell, C. McCully (LCOGT/UCSB)
on 22 Mar 2016; 22:25 UT
Credential Certification: Iair Arcavi (iarcavi@lcogt.net)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
Referred to by ATel #: 8900
We obtained a spectrum of ATLAS16ago/SN 2016bev (ATel #8839) on 2016 March 22.5 UT with the robotic FLOYDS instrument mounted on the LCOGT 2-meter telescope in Siding Spring, Australia. The spectrum has very low signal-to-noise due to moon brightness, but a broad H-alpha P Cygni feature is visible at the redshift of the proposed host galaxy (z=0.011; Takata et al. 1994, A&AS, 104, 529, via NED). We therefore classify it as a Type II supernova. The spectrum is available on the Transient Name Server.
