[IAUC] CBET 757: 20061126 : SUPERNOVA 2006ov IN M61

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SUPERNOVA 2006ov IN M61
     S. Blondin, M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrogram (range 350-740 nm) of
2006ov (cf. CBET 756), obtained by P. Berlind on Nov. 25.56 UT with the F.
L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a reddened
type-II supernova roughly one month past explosion.  The spectrum is similar
to that of the type-II-plateau supernova 2005cs (cf. IAUC 8555) at 36 days
past explosion.  Adopting a recession velocity of 1570 km/s for the host
galaxy (from "The Updated Zwicky Catalog", http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/uzc/),
the maximum absorption in the H_alpha line (rest 656.3 nm) is blueshifted by
roughly 4000 km/s.


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