[vsnet-grb-info 23832] LIGO/Virgo S190930t: Palomar 200-in DBSP spectroscopy of ZTF19acbwaah

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  25931
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo S190930t: Palomar 200-in DBSP spectroscopy of ZTF19acbwaah
DATE:    19/10/03 00:36:54 GMT
FROM:    Kishalay De at Caltech, GROWTH  <kde at astro.caltech.edu>

V. Karambelkar, K. De, J. Van Roestel, M. M. Kasliwal (Caltech)
On behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and Global Relay of
Observatories Watching Transients Happen (GROWTH) collaborations

On 2019 Oct 2 UT, we obtained a spectrum of ZTF19acbwaah/AT2019rpp
(Stein et al. GCN 25899) with the Double Beam Spectrograph on the
Palomar 200-in telescope. The spectrum is consistent with a type Ia
supernova at redshift ~0.03 a few weeks after peak.