Electronic Telegram No. 3391
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director:  Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
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SUPERNOVA 2013K IN ESO 9-G10 = PSN J17393154-8518381
     Stuart Parker, Canterbury, New Zealand, reports the discovery of an
apparent supernova (red mag 17.7) on a 30-s unfiltered CCD image (limiting mag
18.5) taken by himself on Jan. 20.413 UT with a 35-cm Celestron C14 reflector
(+ ST10 camera) at his Parkdale Observatory in the course of the Backyard
Observatory Supernova Search.  The new object is located at R.A. =
17h39m31s.54, Decl. = -85d18'38".10 (equinox 2000.0; reference stars from
USNO-B and UCAC3 catalogues), which is 6" east and 1" south of the nucleus of
the galaxy ESO 9-G10.  Nothing is visible at this position on Digitized Sky
Survey red and infrared images (limiting red magnitude > 19) or on an image
taken by Parker on 2012 Dec. 9.491 (limiting red magnitude > 18).  Parker has
posted an image that can be viewed via website URL http://tinyurl.com/acupbro.
The variable was designated PSN PSN J17393154-8518381 when it was posted at
the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2013K based on
the spectroscopic confirmation reported below.

     F. Taddia, J. Sollerman, G. Leloudas, and M. Ergon, Stockholm University;
S. Benetti and A. Pastorello, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Padova
Astronomical Observatory; S. Valenti, University of California at Santa
Barbara and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope; S. Taubenberger,
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik, Garching; S. J. Smartt, K. Smith, D.
Young, and M. Fraser, Queen's University, Belfast; M. Sullivan, University of
Southampton; and A. Gal-Yam and O. Yaron, Weizmann Institute for Science, on
behalf of the PESSTO collaboration (see Valenti et al., posted at website URL
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=4037), report that optical
spectroscopy (range 390-920 nm), obtained on Jan. 22.33 UT with the New
Technology Telescope (+ EFOSC2), show that PSN J17393154-8518381 = SN 2013K
is a type-IIP supernova a few days past maximum.  Balmer lines showing P-Cyg
profiles characterize the spectrum.  The absorption at rest wavelength 624 nm
is unusually strong.  PESSTO classification spectra can be obtained from
website URL http://www.pessto.org/; classification was made via SNID (Blondin
and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024).


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2013 January 26                  (CBET 3391)              Daniel W. E. Green