Discovery of an SN 2005gj-like supernova by CRTS

Drake, A. J.; Garcia-Alvarez, D.; Djorgovski, S. G.; Mahabal, A. A.; Graham, M. J.; Williams, R.; Prieto, J.; Catelan, M.; Christensen, E.; Larson, S. M.
Bibliographical reference

The Astronomer's Telegram, #4081

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4
2012
Number of authors
10
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
2
Refereed citations
2
Description
On March 27.2UT CRTS discovered transient CSS120327:110520-015205 in data taken by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) Schmidt telescope (Drake et al. 2012, ATel#4011). Upon inspection of SDSS DR8 data a faint host galaxy was found with magnitudes u=20.7, g=19.7, r=19.3, i=19.1 and z= 18.9.