TNS Classification Report No. 149 [ 2016TNSCR.213....1H ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-03-13 00:04:39 Sender: Griffin Hosseinzadeh
Group: LCOGT SN-KP
Griffin Hosseinzadeh, Iair Arcavi, Stefano Valenti, D. Andrew Howell, Curtis McCully report/s a classification of object: SN 2016bam
Type: SN IIRedshift: 0.014
Remarks: Using Superfit (Howell et al. 2005, ApJ, 634, 119), we find a good fit to the Type II SN 1999em at maximum light at the redshift of the proposed host galaxy (z=0.014; SDSS DR1 via NED).
The following Classification spectrum was provided:
Obsdate: 2016-03-12 06:32:12
Instrument: FLOYDS-N
Telescope: Faulkes Telescope North
Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016bam
Date Received (UTC): 2016-03-13 00:04:39 Sender: Griffin Hosseinzadeh
Group: LCOGT SN-KP
Griffin Hosseinzadeh, Iair Arcavi, Stefano Valenti, D. Andrew Howell, Curtis McCully report/s a classification of object: SN 2016bam
Type: SN IIRedshift: 0.014
Remarks: Using Superfit (Howell et al. 2005, ApJ, 634, 119), we find a good fit to the Type II SN 1999em at maximum light at the redshift of the proposed host galaxy (z=0.014; SDSS DR1 via NED).
The following Classification spectrum was provided:
Obsdate: 2016-03-12 06:32:12
Instrument: FLOYDS-N
Telescope: Faulkes Telescope North
Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016bam