[IAUC] CBET 2393: 20100727 : SUPERNOVA 2010gk IN NGC 5433

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2393
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SUPERNOVA 2010gk IN NGC 5433
     J. M. Silverman, C. V. Griffith, M. T. Kandrashoff, and A. V.
Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection
of a low signal-to-noise ratio CCD spectrum (range 340-1080 nm),
obtained on July 19 UT with the 3-m Shane reflector (+ Kast) at Lick
Observatory, shows that SN 2010gk (CBET 2382) is likely of type-Ic
just after maximum brightness. The supernova shows evidence of being
fairly reddened; it has narrow Na I D absorption from the host galaxy
at an equivalent width of about 0.3 nm.


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2010 July 27                     (CBET 2393)              Michael Rudenko