Transient 2018bsr

Forums Deep Sky Transient 2018bsr

Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • #574040
    David Swan
    Participant

    Hello,

    Occasionally I download and filter a list of recent transients taken from tns-weizmann – to find something interesting to look at.

    I imaged 2018bsr last night – perhaps a type IA SN a week to two weeks before maximum (spectrum with Liverpool telescope) – and don’t see any brightening of the galactic host (it is not a significant distance from the centre). I note the discovery mag is low.

    Can anyone make sense of all the available information – and put forward a likely identity?

    https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2018bsr

    http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~assassin/followup/asassn-18kl.png

    Vmag of host 16.3 UCAC4 via Vizier.

    My FITS: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Agvxu8wNOxpAc6vj_rFUjsIKm-E

    David

    Attachments:
    #579513
    Robin Leadbeater
    Participant

    Hi David,

    From the sharp H alpha emission line in the spectrum (from the host galaxy) the redshift = ~0.04 which corresponds to ~170MPc distance. The spectrum is clearly a type 1a. At this distance a type 1a SN would reach ~16.9 at maximum, not allowing for any redenning.  The ASAS-SN mag 17.2 does seem rather bright  for 9-12 days before maximum but ages estimated from the spectra can be notoriously unreliable so it could be closer to maximum than this

    Robin

    #579514
    David Swan
    Participant

    Thanks Robin – makes sense.

    #579515
    Robin Leadbeater
    Participant

    The host galaxy brightness from Vizier would be the integrated brightness over the whole galaxy rather than just the core. Perhaps this explains why your measured core brightness is not higher than the Vizier magnitude ? (At a rough estimate, I would expect the SN to have increased the brightness by ~0.5 mag)

    Cheers

    Robin

Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.