[IAUC] CBET 741: 20061117 : SUPERNOVAE 2006li AND 2006nq

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 741
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SUPERNOVAE 2006li AND 2006nq
     The "Nearby Supernova Factory" collaboration (E. Pecontal and G.
Rigaudier, Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon; P. Antilogus, S.
Gilles, R. Pain, and R. Pereira, Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire et de
Haute Energies de Paris; C. Buton, Y. Copin, E. Gangler, and G. Smadja,
Institut de Physique Nucleaire de Lyon; G. Aldering, C. Aragon, S. Bailey,
S. Bongard, M. J. Childress, S. Loken, P. Nugent, S. Perlmutter, K. Runge,
R. Scalzo, R. C. Thomas, and B. A. Weaver, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley; R. Kessler, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics,
Chicago; and C. Baltay, A. Bauer, D. Herrera, and D. Rabinowitz, Yale
University) reports the discovery of a supernova (approximate magnitude
19.7, calibrated to R) in NEAT images (cf. CBET 263) obtained on Nov. 13.2
UT using the QUEST II camera on the Palomar Oschin 1.2-m Schmidt telescope
as a part of the Palomar-QUEST Consortium.  SN 2006nq is located at R.A. =
2h04m24s.02, Decl. = +9d40'38".2 (equinox 2000.0); no object is visible at
this location on a previous image taken on Nov. 11.2.  A spectrum (range
320-1000 nm) of 2006nq, obtained on Nov. 15.5 with the "SuperNova Integral
Field Spectrograph" (SNIFS) on the University of Hawaii 2.2-m telescope,
reveals that it is a young type-II supernova, with He I 587.6-nm and H-alpha
P-Cyg features.  The H-alpha detected in the spectrum of the nearby
apparent host galaxy indicates a redshift of z = 0.0248.
     A SNIFS spectrum (range 320-1000 nm) of SN 2006li (cf. IAUC 8770) in
UGC 3664 (z = 0.0289; Marzke et al 1996, A.J. 112, 1803), obtained on Nov.
15.6, reveals that it is a type-Ib supernova.  The prominent P-Cyg Ca II
infrared triplet, P-Cyg O I 777.6-nm, and a small He I 587.6-nm absorption
are visible.


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2006 November 17                 (CBET 741)               Daniel W. E. Green