SIMBAD references

The PTF (ATEL #1964, #3253; http://www.astro.caltech.edu/ptf/ ; Law et al. 2009, PASP, 121, 1395; Rau et al. 2009, PASP, 121, 1334) reports the discovery of 2 new supernovae. PTF discoveries are made by autonomous PTF software (Bloom et al. 2011, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011arXiv1106.5491B ), as well as by the Galaxy Zoo Supernova Project (Smith et al. 2011, MNRAS, 412, 1309; http://supernova.galaxyzoo.org ).

Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | Discovery | Mag | Redshift | Type | Spec. | Phase | Instrument | Notes PTF11hsj | 16 57 58.15 | +55 11 01.1 | Jul 13.33 | 18.2 | 0.0287 | SN II | Jul 18 | | Gemini N+GMOS | PTF11htj | 21 16 03.50 | +12 31 21.0 | Jul 15.38 | 18.0 | 0.017 | SN II | Jul 20 | | Gemini N+GMOS |

PTF is a collaboration of Caltech, LCOGT, the Weizmann Institute, LBNL, Oxford, Columbia, IPAC, and Berkeley.