Optical and NIR spectra and LCs of SN2016ija

The object was discovered during the ongoing D<40Mpc (DLT40) one-day cadence supernova search at r~20.1mag in the "edge-on" nearby (D=20.0+/-4.0Mpc) galaxy NGC1532. The subsequent prompt and high-cadenced spectroscopic and photometric follow-up revealed a highly extinguished transient, with E(B-V)=1.95+/-0.15mag, consistent with a standard extinction law with R_V_=3.1 and a bright (M_V_=-18.48+/-0.77mag) absolute peak magnitude.

A comparison of the photometric features with those of large samples of SNe II reveals a fast rise for the derived luminosity and a relatively short plateau phase, with a slope of S_50V_=0.84+/-0.04mag/50days, consistent with the photometric properties typical of those of fast-declining SNeII. Despite the large uncertainties on the distance and the extinction in the direction of DLT16am, the measured photospheric expansion velocity and the derived absolute V-band magnitude at ~50days after the explosion match the existing luminosity-velocity relation for SNeII.