[IAUC] CBET 2850: 20111001 : SUPERNOVA 2011gp IN UGC 3119 = PSN J04390804+1131516

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2850
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SUPERNOVA 2011gp IN UGC 3119 = PSN J04390804+1131516
     S. Howerton, Arkansas City, KS, U.S.A.; A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski,
A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology;
J. L. Prieto, Princeton University; M. Catelan, Pontificia Universidad
Catolica de Chile; E. C. Beshore and S. M. Larson, Lunar and Planetary
Laboratory, University of Arizona; and E. Christensen, Gemini Observatory,
report the discovery of an apparent supernova in public images from the Mount
Lemmon Survey:

 SN       2011 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2011gp   Sep. 30.45   4 39 08.04  +11 31 51.6   18.4    5".1 E, 1".7 N

This variable was designated PSN J04390804+1131516 when it was posted on
the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011?? based
on the spectroscopic report below.

     S. Valenti, E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti, Osservatorio Astronomico di
Padova, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF); M. Turatto, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Trieste, INAF; and A. Pastorello, Dipartimento di Astronomia,
Universita di Padova, on behalf of a larger collaboration, report that a
spectrogram (range 360-810 nm; resolution 2.2 nm) of PSN J04390804+1131516
= SN 2011gp, obtained on Sept. 30.95 UT with the Ekar-Copernico 1.82-m
telescope (+ AFOSC), shows a red continuum, strong H_alpha emission, Na I D,
and other lines typical of type-II supernovae.  Cross-correlation with a
library of supernova spectra via the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID;
Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024), suggests that 2011gp is a couple
of months after maximum light.


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2011 October 1                   (CBET 2850)              Daniel W. E. Green