INT WFC multi-band photometric follow up of the superluminous supernova SN 2018ffj
Abstract
We report multi-band photometry of the superluminous supernova SN 2018ffj (= MASTER OT J023059.78-172027.1) (= GRB 180810.28) (= ATLAS18tec) based on CCD images taken with the Wide Field Camera of the Isaac Newton Telescope (Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma), from 2018 Oct 13.080 UT to 13.085 UT. This supernova was discovered on 2018/08/07.574 by the ATLAS survey and reported to TNS by J. Tonry et al. It was also detected by the MASTER Global Robotic Net (O. Gress et al., ATel # 11935, and Lipunov et al., GCN 23126) and classified as a Type SLSN-I supernova at a redshift of z=0.234 by ePESSTO (E. Callis et al., ATel #11969) . We report here the SN position, based on the INT images, calibrated using the Gaia DR2 catalog: RA (J2000) = 02:30:59.790, Dec (J2000) = -17:20:26.84.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018ATel12344....1G
- Keywords:
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- Supernovae