A New Supernova Discovery/Classification

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Optical, Ultra-Violet, Novae, Supernovae

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The Type Ia supernova science working group of the Palomar Transient Factory (ATEL#1964) reports the discovery of a nearby supernova, PTF10bjs. The supernova is at RA = 13:01:11.25, Dec = +53:48:57.5 (J2000), on the outskirts of MCG +09-21-083 at a redshift of 0.0296. The supernova was discovered on Feb. 19.2 UT when it was at magnitude 19.3 in R-band (calibrated wrt the USNO catalog). There was nothing at this location on Feb 17.2 UT to a limiting magnitude of 21.3.

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