[IAUC] CBET 1077: 20070919 : SUPERNOVA 2007ir IN UGC 2033

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1077
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SUPERNOVA 2007ir IN UGC 2033
     J. M. Silverman, M. Ganeshalingam, and A. V. Filippenko, University of
California, Berkeley, report that inspection of a low-quality CCD spectrum
(range 330-1030 nm), obtained on Sept. 19 UT with the Shane 3-m reflector
(+ Kast spectrograph) at Lick Observatory, shows that 2007ir (CBET 1067)
is indeed a supernova, but the classification is uncertain at this time.
Removing the host-galaxy recession velocity of 10900 km/s, determined
from host-galaxy narrow emission lines, the minimum of the strongest
observed absorption trough is found to be blueshifted by about 11000 km/s
if identified as Si II 635.5-nm (as in type-Ia supernovae), or by about
20000 km/s if identified as H-alpha (as in type-II supernovae).


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2007 September 19                (CBET 1077)              Daniel W. E. Green