[IAUC] CBET 1295: 20080310 : SUPERNOVA 2008az IN UGC 10721

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1295
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SUPERNOVA 2008az IN UGC 10721
      S. Blondin, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 350-740 nm)
of 2008az (cf. CBET 1293), obtained on Mar. 10.51 UT by J. Hernandez with the
F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a type-II-
plateau supernova 3-4 weeks past explosion.  Cross-correlation with a library
of supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin
and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that 2008az is most similar to the
type-II-plateau supernova 1999em at 17 days past explosion.  Adopting a
recession velocity of 2918 km/s for the host galaxy of 2008az (from The
Updated Zwicky Catalog, http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/uzc/), the maximum
absorption in the H_alpha line (rest 656.3 nm) is blueshifted by roughly 7600
km/s.


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