[IAUC] CBET 1522: 20081002 : SUPERNOVA 2008fv IN NGC 3147

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SUPERNOVA 2008fv IN NGC 3147
     P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 350-880
nm) of 2008fv (cf. CBET 1520), obtained on Sept. 30 UT by P. Challis with
the MMT (+ Blue Channel Spectrograph) at Mt. Hopkins, shows it to be a
normal type-Ia supernova.  Cross-correlation with a library of supernova
spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (Blondin and Tonry 2007,
Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that 2008fv is about one week before maximum light.


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2008 October 2                   (CBET 1522)              Daniel W. E. Green