Swift/UVOT Observations for SLSN-I Gaia16apd
Abstract
The optical transient Gaia16apd was discovered by Gaia Photometric Science survey in the galaxy SDSS J120251.71+441527.4 at magnitude G=17.3. The NOT Unbiased Transient Survey (NUTS; ATel #8992) provided a classification spectrum with the 2.56 m Nordic Optical Telescope equipped with ALFOSC (range 320-960 nm; FWHM resolution 1.6 nm) on 2016-05-20.92 UT. The object showed a good match with a SLSN-I at -5 days before maximum brightness at redshift z=0.102 (Atel #9071).
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- May 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016ATel.9074....1B
- Keywords:
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- Supernovae