[IAUC] CBET 1525: 20081002 : SUPERNOVA 2008fx and 2000fy

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1525
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SUPERNOVA 2008fx and 2000fy
     P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 350-880
nm) of 2008fx and 2000fy (cf. CBET 1523), obtained on Oct. 1 UT by P.
Challis with the MMT (+ Blue Channel Spectrograph) at Mt. Hopkins, shows
both to be normal type-Ia supernovae.  Cross-correlation with a library of
supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (Blondin and
Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that 2008fx is about 10 days past
maximum, and 2008fy is near maximum light.


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2008 October 2                   (CBET 1525)              Daniel W. E. Green