[IAUC] CBET 1749: 20090331 : SUPERNOVA 2009bz IN UGC 9814

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1749
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SUPERNOVA 2009bz IN UGC 9814
     P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 360-800
nm) of 2009bz (cf. CBET 1748), obtained on Mar. 30 UT by P. Berlind with
the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a
type-II supernova.  Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra,
using the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007,
Ap.J. 666, 1024), indicates that 2009bz is a type-IIP event near maximum
brightness.  The redshift, as measured from emission lines from the host
galaxy, is 0.011.


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2009 March 31                    (CBET 1749)              Daniel W. E. Green