[IAUC] CBET 1930: 20090829 : SUPERNOVA 2009ih IN MCG +07-33-12

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SUPERNOVA 2009ih IN MCG +07-33-12
     J. M. Silverman, M. T. Kandrashoff, A. J. L. Morton, and A. V.
Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection
of a CCD spectrum (range 340-1020 nm), obtained on Aug. 28 UT with the 3-m
Shane reflector (+ Kast) at Lick Observatory, shows that 2009ih (CBET 1919)
is a type-Ia supernova similar to the subluminous supernova 1991bg (Filippenko
et al. 1992, A.J. 104, 1543).  After removing the host-galaxy recession
velocity (9858 km/s; Falco, et al. 1999, Ap.J. 560, 566), the absorption
minimum of the Si II 635.5-nm feature is found to be blueshifted by about
10500 km/s.  Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the
"SuperNova IDentification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666,
1024) indicates that it is about five days past maximum light.


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