Spectroscopic Observations of PSST Optical Transients
ATel #8878; M. E. Huber, K. C. Chambers, H. Flewelling, M. Willman, N. Primak, A. Schultz, B. Gibson, E. Magnier, B. Stalder, C. Waters, J. Tonry, R. J. Wainscoat (IfA, Hawaii), K. W. Smith, D. Wright, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast), R. J. Foley (Illinois), S. W. Jha (Rutgers), A. Rest (STScI), D. Scolnic (Chicago/KICP)
on 28 Mar 2016; 11:34 UT
Credential Certification: Mark Huber (mhuber@ifa.hawaii.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
We report spectroscopic classification of objects from the Pan-STARRS Survey for Transients (PSST; Huber et al., ATel #7153; http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/ps1threepi/ ). Observations were made with SNIFS on the UH 2.2m telescope (R channel only, range 520-970nm, resolution R~1000) and classification of supernova type using SNID (Blondin and Tonry 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024).
PS Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | Disc. Date | Disc Mag | Sp. Date | Type | z | Sp. Phase | Notes
PS16bjc | 07 33 39.38 | +48 17 46.3 | 20160319 | 18.31 r | 20160325 | SNIa | 0.07 | +1-2 wk | (1)
PS16bid | 08 29 06.82 | +72 21 18.6 | 20160318 | 19.52 r | 20160325 | SNIa | 0.13 | -1 wk-peak | (2)
PS16bhe | 10 42 45.77 | +54 18 01.8 | 20160317 | 18.63 r | 20160325 | SNIa | 0.07 | +2-3 wks | (3)
PS16bih | 10 56 32.11 | +73 31 44.1 | 20160318 | 18.40 r | 20160325 | SNIa | 0.07 | -1 wk-peak | (4)
PS16bkg | 12 52 12.60 | +48 09 11.6 | 20160320 | 18.89 i | 20160325 | SNIb | 0.09 | -1 wk-peak | (5)
PS16apw | 09 15 18.16 | +75 54 16.2 | 20160219 | 17.60 r | 20160322 | SNIa | 0.05 | +3-4 wks | (6)
PS16aub | 06 25 32.35 | -19 53 57.3 | 20160225 | 19.54 i | 20160321 | SNIIP | 0.02 | +3-4 wks | (7)
PS16bbe | 08 19 38.59 | +35 52 48.0 | 20160301 | 19.40 w | 20160320 | SNIa | 0.09 | +1-2 wks | (8)
PS16avh | 11 36 36.51 | +26 04 40.3 | 20160228 | 19.23 r | 20160320 | SNIIP | 0.03 | +1-3 wks | (9)
PS16ayh | 14 39 09.95 | -25 42 17.1 | 20160307 | 19.51 w | 20160320 | SNII | 0.18 | +1-3 wks | (10)
(1) PS16bjc also known as AT2016bjd
(2) PS16bid also known as AT2016bif
(3) PS16bhe also known as AT2016bhi, 11.9" away from 2MASX J10424628+5417507 (z=0.07401)
(4) PS16bih also known as AT2016bij
(5) PS16bkg also known as AT2016bke, 1.86" away from SDSS J125212.55+480913.4 (z=0.08689)
(6) PS16apw also known as AT2016aoz, 2.64" away from NPM1G +76.0027 (z=0.0363 from H-alpha emission)
(7) PS16aub also known as AT2016aug, 5.48" away from 2MASX J06253273-1953556 (z=0.022522)
(8) PS16bbe also known as AT2016bbk
(9) PS16avh also known as AT2016avk, 3.9" away from SDSS J113636.24+260438.9 (z=0.03169)
(10) PS16ayh also known as AT2016aya