Spectral classification of AT2016cyt as a pre-maximum type Ia supernova
ATel #9210; A. S. Piascik, I. A. Steele (Liverpool JMU)
on 5 Jul 2016; 10:23 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Iain Steele (iainsteele@mac.com)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
We conducted a spectroscopic observation of transient AT2016cyt at 2016-07-05T04:04:02 UT.
This transient was detected by the Puckett Observatory Sky Survey (POSS,
T. Puckett, R. Gagliano, E. Weinberg, R. Post, J. Newton) on
2016-07-02T09:21:40 UT at position RA = 21:09:35.83, DEC = 15:07:31.80
and reported via TNS, https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2016cyt
A spectrum was obtained in the visible, 400-800nm, with resolution
R~350, using the SPRAT spectrograph on the Liverpool Telescope located
at Roque de los Muchachos.
Classification using SNID (Blondin and Tonry 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024)
indicates it is a type Ia supernova. We find a close match with SN2006lf
at -6 days with a SNID estimated redshift of z=0.030.
The transient is 0.111 arcmin from galaxy NGC 7033, redshift z=0.030374 (source NED).
The ejecta velocity estimated from the Si II 635.3nm absorption feature is 11,800 km/s
Liverpool Telescope
