[IAUC] CBET 1627: 20081221 : SUPERNOVA 2008ij IN NGC 6643

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1627
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SUPERNOVA 2008ij IN NGC 6643
     P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 320-850
nm) of 2008ij (cf. CBET 1626), obtained on Dec. 21 UT by Challis with the
Multiple Mirror Telescope (+ Blue Channel), shows it to be a type-II
supernova at about 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 2008ij is most similar to the
type-IIp supernova 1999em at about 1 day after explosion.


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2008 December 21                 (CBET 1627)              Daniel W. E. Green