DAO Spectroscopic classification of SN 2016bir in SDSS J131405.16+335510.1
ATel #8931; D. D. Balam (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory) and M. L. Graham ( University of Washington)
on 10 Apr 2016; 20:30 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: David D. Balam (cosmos@uvic.ca)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
A noisy spectrum was obtained of SN 2016bir (ATEL #8857) on Apr. 10.36 UT using the 1.82-m Plaskett telescope (National Research Council of Canada) covering the range 405-710 nm (resolution 0.32 nm). Cross-correlation with a template library using SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024) shows 2016bir to most resemble the spectrum of a type-Ib supernova approximately 1 week pre-maximum light. The apparent host is SDSS J131405.16+335510.1 with a published redshift of z = 0.032 (our SNid solution yields z = 0.035 for the candidate). We find a fit of the supernova spectrum to that of SN 2006T at 9 days pre-maximum light.
