[IAUC] CBET 1745: 20090329 : SUPERNOVA 2009bu IN NGC 7408

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SUPERNOVA 2009bu IN NGC 7408
     N. Morrell and M. Stritzinger, on behalf of the Carnegie Supernova
Project, report a that spectrum (range 380-923 nm) of 2009bu (cf. CBET 1740),
obtained on Mar. 29.4 UT with the Las Campanas 2.5-m du Pont telescope (+
WFCCD), reveals it to be a young type-II supernova.  Comparison with a
library of supernova spectra via the Supernova Identification tool (SNID;
Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) gives an excellent match with
several type II-P events within 1 to 5 days past explosion.  Adopting a
host-galaxy recession velocity of 3494 km/s (H I Parkes All-Sky Survey Final
Catalogue, Wong et al. 2006, MNRAS 371, 1855) for the host galaxy, NGC 7408,
the minimum of the H-beta absorption is measured to be blue-shifted by
9500 km/s.


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