[IAUC] CBET 1664: 20090116 : SUPERNOVA 2009G IN IC 4444

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1664
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SUPERNOVA 2009G IN IC 4444
     M. Stritzinger, F. Forster, G. Folatelli, G. Pignata and M. Hamuy, on
behalf of the Millennium Center for Supernova Studies and the Carnegie
Supernova Project, report that they obtained spectra (range 513-930 nm) of
2009G (cf. CBET 1655) with the European Southern Observatory New Technology
Telescope (+ EFOSC) on Jan. 9.1 UT.  The spectrum of 2009G shows it to be a
type-IIP supernova.  With the aid of the "Supernova Identification" code
(SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024), 2009G is found to be similar
to the type-IIP supernovae 1999em around 3 months past explosion.
     Corrigendum.  The host galaxy for 2009G is IC 4444, not IC 4441 as
reported on CBET 1655.


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2009 January 16                  (CBET 1664)              Daniel W. E. Green