SALT spectroscopic classification of SN 2016iae (= ATLAS16dvr) as a type-Ic supernova before maximum light
ATel #9754; S. W. Jha (Rutgers), R. J. Foley (UCSC), R. Skelton (SALT/SAAO)
on 13 Nov 2016; 00:21 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Saurabh Jha (saurabh@physics.rutgers.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
We obtained SALT (+RSS) spectroscopy of SN 2016iae (= ATLAS16dvr;
Tonry et al. 2016, ATel #9749) on 2016 Nov 12.9 UT covering the
wavelength range 350-940 nm. The spectrum shows a relatively blue
continuum, with well-developed broad absorption features, including
strong Si II (rest 635.5 nm). Cross-correlation of the supernova
spectrum with a template library using SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007,
ApJ, 666, 1024) shows SN 2016iae is a type-Ic supernova approaching
maximum light. Good SNID matches are obtained with the type-Ic SN
2007cl at -6 days and SN 2004aw at -2 days.
Our spectrum is posted on the Transient Name
Server SN 2016iae page.
