[IAUC] CBET 778: 20061220 : SUPERNOVA 2006st IN NGC 4017

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 778
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SUPERNOVA 2006st IN NGC 4017
     Further to IAUC 8782, D. Winslow and W. Li report the LOSS discovery
on unfiltered KAIT images of an apparent supernova located at R.A. =
11h58m40s.97, Decl. = +27o27'37".6 (equinox 2000.0), which is 63" west
and 29" north of the center of NGC 4017.  Available KAIT magnitudes for
2006st:  May 30.23 UT, [19.0; Dec. 18.57, 18.3; 19.53, 18.4.
     Further to IAUC 8782, 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 2006st is a type-II
supernova.  Removing the recession velocity of 4900 km/s, determined
from the H-beta emission line, the absorption minima of the P-Cyg
profiles of H-alpha and H-beta are measured to be blueshifted by about
3700 km/s and 2800 km/s, respectively.


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2006 December 20                 (CBET 778)               Daniel W. E. Green