[IAUC] CBET 779: 20061220 : SUPERNOVA 2006sr IN UGC 14

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 779
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SUPERNOVA 2006sr IN UGC 14
     J. M. Silverman, M. Ganeshalingam, M. Moore, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection of CCD
spectra (range 330-1050 nm), obtained on Dec. 20 UT with the Lick 3-m
telescope (+ Kast), shows that 2006sr (cf. IAUC 8784) is a type-Ia
supernova, a few days before maximum brightness.  Removing the recession
velocity of 7260 km/s determined from host-galaxy narrow emission lines,
the minimum of the Si II 635.5-nm absorption trough is blueshifted by
12500 km/s.


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2006 December 20                 (CBET 779)               Daniel W. E. Green