I have had a request for a spectrum of possible supernova AT2018oh/ASAS-SN18bt discovered today (mag 15)
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2018oh
I am clouded out again tonight but perhaps someone else might like to try.
Below is the email request
Cheers
Robin
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From: Subo Dong
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 4:32 PM
To: Robin Leadbeater
Cc: Jose Prieto ; Krzysztof (Kris) Stanek
Subject: ASASSN-18bt
Dear Robin,
ASAS-SN has just discovered ASASSN-18bt (2018oh on TNS). It is in the Kepler's K2 field so could be of great interest with high-cadence Kepler observations. Could you please take a spectrum if possible?
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2018oh
Best,
Subo
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Re: ASAS-SN request AT2018oh
I managed to get 10 mins on it in a break in the clouds. It is a type Ia.
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2018oh
(spectrum and typical SNID fit below)
It could reach ~mag 14 in the next few days.
Cheers
Robin
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2018oh
(spectrum and typical SNID fit below)
It could reach ~mag 14 in the next few days.
Cheers
Robin
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This supernova which I officially classified spectroscopically on TNS as a type Ia is the subject of a feature on the Sky and Telescope website this week
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astrono ... -surprise/
(The paper mentioned there cites my classification)
There are other papers comming to press on this SN which add to the debate on what the progenitor systems of type Ia SNe look like ( eg the traditional model of accretion onto a white dwarf from a companion star or a merger of two white dwarfs, an alternative which has been gaining support in recent years)
Robin
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astrono ... -surprise/
(The paper mentioned there cites my classification)
There are other papers comming to press on this SN which add to the debate on what the progenitor systems of type Ia SNe look like ( eg the traditional model of accretion onto a white dwarf from a companion star or a merger of two white dwarfs, an alternative which has been gaining support in recent years)
Robin
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Re: ASAS-SN request AT2018oh
On page 19 of https://arxiv.org/pdf/1811.10061.pdf :
"Leadbeater, R. 2018, Transient Name Server Classification Report, 159"
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"Leadbeater, R. 2018, Transient Name Server Classification Report, 159"
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Re: ASAS-SN request AT2018oh
Belated congrats robin. Must be quite satisfying!
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Re: ASAS-SN request AT2018oh
Thanks Hamish,
I was invited to give a short talk in the Pro-Am session of the UK National Astronomy Meeting in a couple of days and SN2018oh will get a mention.
https://nam2019.org/thursday/details/23/325
The debate about whether type Ia are caused by accretion or white dwarf mergers is still far from settled though.
Cheers
Robin
I was invited to give a short talk in the Pro-Am session of the UK National Astronomy Meeting in a couple of days and SN2018oh will get a mention.
https://nam2019.org/thursday/details/23/325
The debate about whether type Ia are caused by accretion or white dwarf mergers is still far from settled though.
Cheers
Robin
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Re: ASAS-SN request AT2018oh
I guess ligo isn't sensitive enough to detect white dwarf mergers. ( or would it if inside the milky way?) Otherwise might be a way to settle it.)