[IAUC] CBET 1519: 20080927 : SUPERNOVA 2008fu IN ESO 480-IG21

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SUPERNOVA 2008fu IN ESO 480-IG21
     P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 350-740
nm) of 2008fu (cf. CBET 1517), obtained on Sept. 26 UT by M. Calkins 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 2008fu is most
similar to the normal type-Ia supernovae at 2-5 days past maximum.  ESO
480-IG21 is at a redshift of 0.052, according to Nicolaci da Costa (1991,
Ap.J. Suppl. 75, 935).


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2008 September 27                (CBET 1519)              Daniel W. E. Green