{
  "bibcode": "2019GCN.25152....1A",
  "body": "Iair Arcavi (Tel Aviv University), Daichi Hiramatsu (Las Cumbres / UCSB), D. Andrew Howell (Las Cumbres / UCSB), Curtis McCully (Las Cumbres), Jamison Burke (Las Cumbres / UCSB), Craig Pellegrino (Las Cumbres / UCSB), on behalf of the Las Cumbres GW Follow-up Collaboration\r\n\r\nWe obtained an optical spectrum of the transient AT 2019lqn / Gaia19dct (discovered by Gaia within the probability map of S190718y; LIGO/Virgo Collaboration GCN 25087, Kostrzewa-Rutkowska et al. GCN 25145) on 2019 July 24.8 UT with the robotic FLOYDS instrument mounted on the Las Cumbres Observatory 2-meter telescope in Siding Spring, Australia.\r\n\r\nUsing Superfit (Howell et al. 2005, ApJ, 634, 1190) and SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024) we find good fits to normal Type Ia supernovae at a redshift of z=0.076, and a phase of 9 days after peak. The spectrum is available on the <a href=\"http://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2019lqn\">Transient Name Server</a>.",
  "circularId": 25152,
  "createdOn": 1564074867000,
  "email": "arcavi@tauex.tau.ac.il",
  "subject": "LIGO/Virgo S190718y: Classification of AT 2019lqn / Gaia19dct as a Type Ia Supernova",
  "submitter": "Iair Arcavi at Tel Aviv University  <arcavi@tauex.tau.ac.il>",
  "eventId": "LIGO/Virgo S190718y"
}