[IAUC] CBET 2082: 20091217 : SUPERNOVA 2009mi IN IC 2151

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SUPERNOVA 2009mi IN IC 2151
     K. Kinugasa, S. Honda, H. Takahashi, H. Taguchi, and O.Hashimoto, Gunma
Astronomical Observatory (GAO), write that a low-resolution spectrum (range
420-800 nm, resolution 1.0 nm) of SN 2009mi (cf. CBET 2077), obtained on
Dec. 16.5 UT with the GAO 1.5-m telescope (+ GLOWS), shows it to be a type-Ic
supernova near maximum light.  Comparison with a library of spectra via the
"Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666,
1024) indicates that 2009mi is most nearly similar to SN 2004aw at about two
days after maximum.


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2009 December 17                 (CBET 2082)              Daniel W. E. Green