Electronic Telegram No. 3274
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director:  Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
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SUPERNOVAE 2012fn, 2012fo, 2012fp, 2012fq
     E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti, A. Pastorello, L. Tomasella, and M. Turatto,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF);
G. Pignata and F. Bufano, Universidad Andres Bello; M. T. Botticella, A.
Grado, and L. Limatola, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, INAF; M.
Vaccari, University of the Western Cape, South Africa; and M. Capaccioli, G.
Covone, and M. Paolillo, Universita Federico II, Napoli, on behalf of the
SUDARE/VOICE collaboration (cf. CBET 3236), report the discovery of four
supernovae on r-band images taken during their supernova search program with
the European Southern Observatory (ESO) VLT Survey Telescope (+ Omegacam).

SN        2012 UT          R.A. (2000.0) Decl.       Mag.    Offset
2012fn    Oct. 7.33     3 35 28.283  -27 36 21.63    21.6      --
2012fo    Oct. 7.33     3 31 38.461  -27 13 51.92    22.0      --
2012fp    Oct. 7.33     3 32 43.203  -27 10 33.27    23.2   0".8 E, 0".8 S
2012fq    Oct. 7.33     3 32 32.900  -27 51 21.13    22.6    faint host

     A spectrogram of 2012fn, obtained on Oct. 22.10 UT with the ESO Very Large
Telescope Antu (+ FORS2; range 370-920 nm, resolution 10 nm), shows the
typical features of a type-Ic supernova.  Adopting a redshift z = 0.284, as
measured from a number of narrow lines of the host galaxy, the best fit with
the GELATO tool (Harutyuyan et al. 2008, A.Ap. 488, 383) with a library of
supernova spectra is with SN 2004aw (Taubenberger et al. 2006, MNRAS 371,
1459) a few days after maximum.
     A spectrogram of 2012fo, obtained on Oct. 22.23 as above, shows that the
object is a type-II supernova.   Adopting a redshift z = 0.238, as measured
from a number of narrow lines of the host galaxy, the best fit with the
GELATO tool is with SN 1993J (Barbon et al. 1995, A.Ap. Suppl. 110, 513)
near maximum.
     A spectrogram of 2012fp was obtained on Oct. 22.34, as above.  The
spectrum shows a very blue, featureless continuum reminiscent of early
type-IIn supernovae.  Adopting a redshift z = 0.644, as measured from a
number of narrow lines of the host galaxy, the continuum temperature is
about 16000 K.
     A spectrogram of 2012fq, obtained on Oct. 22.18, as above (but range
600-1000 nm, resolution 10 nm), shows that the object is a type-Ia
supernova.  Adopting a redshift z = 0.67, as measured from a number of
narrow lines of the host galaxy, the best fit with the GELATO tool is
with type-Ia supernovae near maximum.


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2012 October 26                  (CBET 3274)              Daniel W. E. Green