[IAUC] CBET 1357: 20080427 : SUPERNOVA 2008cc IN ESO 107-G4

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SUPERNOVA 2008cc IN ESO 107-G4
     G. Folatelli, on behalf of the Millenium Center for Supernova Studies
and Carnegie Supernova Project collaboration, reports on a spectroscopic
observation (range 348-941 nm) of 2008cc (cf. CBET 1356) that was obtained
on Apr. 26.32 UT with the Magellan II Clay telescope (+ LDSS3) at Las
Campanas Observatory.  The spectrum shows that 2008cc is a normal type-Ia
supernova at about ten days after maximum light.  The "Supernova
Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows
that the spectrum of 2008cc is most similar to that of SN 1992A at 9 days
after maximum light.  Adopting the NED recession velocity of 3116 km/s
(Longhetti et al. 1998, A.Ap. Suppl. 130, 267) for the host galaxy (ESO
107-G4), an expansion velocity of about 11000 km/s is derived from the
absorption minimum of the Si II 635.5-nm line.


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2008 April 27                    (CBET 1357)              Daniel W. E. Green