[IAUC] CBET 1094: 20071006 : SUPERNOVA 2007kd IN MCG +06-21-36

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SUPERNOVA 2007kd IN MCG +06-21-36
     S. Blondin, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrogram (range
350-740 nm) of 2007kd (cf. CBET 1083), obtained by P. Berlind on Oct.
6.51 UT with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST),
shows it to be a type-Ia supernova around 3-4 weeks past maximum light.
Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova
Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024)
indicates that 2007kd is most similar to the type-Ia supernova 2003kf at
26 days past maximum.


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2007 October 6                   (CBET 1094)              Daniel W. E. Green