[IAUC] CBET 1160: 20071211 : SUPERNOVA 2007rz IN NGC 1590

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1160
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SUPERNOVA 2007rz IN NGC 1590
     N. Morrell, G. Folatelli and M. Stritzinger, on behalf of the Carnegie
Supernova Project, report that a spectrogram (range 380-912 nm) of 2007rz
(cf. CBET 1158), obtained on Dec. 10.26 UT with the du Pont 2.5-m telescope
(+ WFCCD spectrograph) at Las Campanas Observatory, shows this to be a
type-Ic supernova roughly one week after maximum light.  Adopting for the
host galaxy the NED recession velocity of 3897 km/s (from de Vaucouleurs et
al. 1991, Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies), the 'superfit'
spectrum-comparison code (Howell et at. 2005, Ap.J. 634, 1190) gives a very
good match to the spectrum of SN 2004fe at 7-8 days after maximum light.


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2007 December 11                 (CBET 1160)              Daniel W. E. Green