LT spectroscopic classification of Gaia16bmv
ATel #9641; M. Fraser (University College Dublin), P. Jonker (SRON), L. Wyrzykowski (Warsaw)
on 17 Oct 2016; 15:24 UT
Credential Certification: Morgan Fraser (mf@ast.cam.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
We obtained a low resolution optical spectrum of Gaia16bmv on 2016 Oct. 15.1 UT, using the robotic Liverpool Telescope and the SPRAT spectrograph. Using SNID (Blondin & Tonry, 2007. ApJ, 666, 1024), we find a good match to a number of Type Ia SNe, approximately 2 weeks after maximum light at a redshift z=0.06.
We acknowledge ESA Gaia, DPAC and the Photometric Science Alerts Team (http://gsaweb.ast.cam.ac.uk/alerts).
