[IAUC] CBET 1288: 20080306 : SUPERNOVA 2008I IN NGC 3978

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1288
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SUPERNOVA 2008I IN NGC 3978
    J. M. Silverman and A. V. Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley;
and L.-H. Chien, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, report that
inspection of a CCD spectrogram (range 320-690 nm), obtained on Mar. 4 UT
with the Keck I 10-m telescope (+ LRIS), shows that 2008I (CBET 1210) is a
type-II supernova.  The spectrum exhibits hydrogen Balmer lines having
P-Cyg profiles.  Removing the host-galaxy recession velocity of 9700 km/s,
calculated from narrow emission lines, the minimum of the H-alpha absorption
is blueshifted by about 6600 km/s.


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2008 March 6                     (CBET 1288)              Daniel W. E. Green