[IAUC] CBET 1495: 20080904 : SUPERNOVA 2008fj IN UGC 10759

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SUPERNOVA 2008fj IN UGC 10759
     P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group (R. Kirshner, P. Challis, R. Foley, A.
Friedman, M. Hicken, K. Mandel, G. Narayan, and A. Rest), reports that a
spectrum (range 350-740 nm) of 2008fj (cf. CBET 1494), obtained on Sept.
3 UT by W. Peters with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+
FAST), shows it to be a type-Ia supernova at about maximum light.  Cross-
correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova
Identification" code (Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates
that 2008fj is most similar to the subluminous type-Ia supernova 1991bg at
2 days past maximum.  UGC 10759 is at a redshift of 0.02714 (Marzke et al.
1996, A.J. 112, 1803).


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