[IAUC] CBET 2815: 20110911 : SUPERNOVA 2011fi IN NGC 1954

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2815
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2011fi IN NGC 1954
     E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti, and A. Pastorello, Istituto Nazionale di
Astrofisica (INAF), Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova; and F. Bufano, INAF,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Catania, on behalf of a larger collaboration,
report that a spectrum of 2011?? (cf. CBET 2800), obtained on Sept. 6.4 UT
with the New Technology Telescope (+ EFOSC2; range 360-930 nm; resolution 1.8
nm) shows it to be a type-II supernova.  The best fit to this spectrum found
by GELATO (Harutyunyan et al. 2008, A.Ap. 488, 383; publicly available at
https://gelato.tng.iac.es) are with spectra of type-II-plateau supernovae at
about 60-80 days post-explosion, adopting a recession velocity of 3130 km/s
for NGC 1954 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991, RC3.9; via NED).  Together with
the classical P-Cyg Balmer features, prominent lines of Ca II, Fe II, Ti II,
Sc II, and Ba II are detected.  The presence of a weak [Ca II] emission at
729.1-732.4 nm confirm that the supernova is observed in the late
photospheric phase.


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2011 September 11                (CBET 2815)              Daniel W. E. Green



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