[IAUC] CBET 613: 20060903 : SUPERNOVA 2006es IN UGC 2828

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 613
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SUPERNOVA 2006es IN UGC 2828
     Further to IAUC 8741, J. Schwehr and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images,
the position of 2006es given as R.A. = 3h42m24s.48, Decl. =
+39o14'31".0 (equinox 2000.0), which is 5".1 east and 8".3 south
of the center of UGC 2828.  Available magnitudes for 2006es:  Feb.
14.20 UT, [19.5; Aug. 14.53, 17.0 (under poor seeing conditions);
Sept. 1.54, 18.0.
     A. V. Filippenko, D. S. Wong, M. Ganeshalingam, M. Moore, and
R. J. Foley, University of California, Berkeley, report that
inspection of CCD spectra (range 330-1040 nm), obtained on Sept. 2
UT with the Shane 3-m telescope (+ Kast) at Lick Observatory, shows
that 2006es is a type-Ia supernova, about 3-4 weeks past maximum
brightness.  The recession velocity of the host galaxy is 12250 km/s,
based on narrow H II-region emission lines.


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2006 September 3                 (CBET 613)               Daniel W. E. Green