[IAUC] CBET 1253: 20080211 : SUPERNOVA 2008af IN UGC 9640

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SUPERNOVA 2008af IN UGC 9640
     S. Blondin, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on behalf
of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 350-740 nm) of
2008af (cf. CBET 1248), obtained on Feb. 11.48 UT by P. Berlind with the F.
L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a type-Ia
supernova a few days 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 2008af is most similar to the
type-Ia supernova 1992A (cf. IAUC 5428, 5429) at 7 days past maximum light.
Adopting a recession velocity of 10045 km/s for the host galaxy of 2008af
(from The Updated Zwicky Catalog, http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/uzc/), the
maximum absorption in the Si II line (rest 635.5 nm) is blueshifted by
roughly 11700 km/s.


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2008 February 11                 (CBET 1253)              Daniel W. E. Green