[IAUC] CBET 3037: 20120228 : SUPERNOVA 2012ap IN NGC 1729 = PSN J05001372-0320512
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Electronic Telegram No. 3037
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2012ap IN NGC 1729 = PSN J05001372-0320512
Further to CBET 3015, L. Jewett, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko
report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:
SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset
2012ap Feb. 10.23 5 00 13.72 - 3 20 51.2 17.3 29".2 W, 16".9 N
The variable was designated PSN J05001372-0320512 when it was posted at the
Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012ap based on the
spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for
2012ap: Feb. 5.21 UT, [18.7 (KAIT); 11.256, 17.5 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns,
Australia; remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope + STL11K camera + luminance
filter at the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.; position
end figures 13s.74, 51".2). Brimacombe's image is posted at the following
website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6859557419/.
D. Milisavljevic, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA); R.
Fesen, Dartmouth College; A. Soderberg and R. Margutti, CfA; and T. Pickering
and A. Kniazev, South African Astronomical Observatory, report that
low-dispersion spectra (range 320-900 nm) obtained Feb. 21.8 UT with the 10-m
SALT telescope (+ RSS) show PSN J05001372-0320512 = SN 2012ap to be a type-Ic
supernova. Comparison with spectra retrieved from the Supernova Spectrum
Archive (SUSPECT; cf. website URL http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~suspect/) suggest
similarities with the broad-lined supernova 1998bw (Patat et al. 2001, Ap.J.
555, 900) and the transitional supernova 2004aw (Taubenberger et al. 2006,
MNRAS 371, 1459) approximately 1-2 weeks after maximum light. These spectra
are in general agreement with earlier observations reported by Xu et al.
(http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=3922) but do not show a strong
likeness to 2008D.
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2012 February 28 (CBET 3037) Daniel W. E. Green
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