[IAUC] CBET 1482: 20080827 : SUPERNOVA 2008fc IN UGC 2883

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SUPERNOVA 2008fc IN UGC 2883
     M. Modjaz and R. Chornock, University of California, Berkeley; and L.
Kewley, University of Hawaii, report that inspection of CCD spectra (range
310-925 nm), obtained with LRIS on the Keck I 10-m telescope on Aug. 27.55
UT, reveals that 2008fc (CBET 1481) is a type-II supernova within a couple
of weeks after explosion.  The absorption minimum of H-beta is blueshifted
by approximately 11000 km/s, after correcting for a host-galaxy redshift of
5090 km/s (measured from narrow emission lines in the spectrum).  The
H-alpha absorption profile is unusually broad, with the blue wing extending
out to 604 nm (= 24800 km/s).  Cross-correlation with a library of supernova
spectra using the "SuperNova IDentification" code (Blondin and Tonry 2007,
Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that 2008fc is most similar to the type-IIP
supernova 2006bp at 7 days after maximum light.


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2008 August 27                   (CBET 1482)              Daniel W. E. Green