[IAUC] CBET 2717: 20110511 : SUPERNOVA 2011cg

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2717
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SUPERNOVA 2011cg
     A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, and R. Williams,
California Institute of Technology; J. L. Prieto, Carnegie Observatories;
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 Catalina Real-time Transient
Survey's discovery of an apparent supernova in unfiltered Catalina Sky Survey
images:

 SN       2011 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2011cg   Apr. 14.33   14 59 09.25  + 7 18 04.2   15.7     2" W, 1" S

     G. H. Marion, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, report that a spectrum (range 340-740 nm)
of 2011cg was obtained on May 5 UT by P. Berlind with the F. L. Whipple
Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST).  Cross-correlation with a library of
supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin
and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows that 2011cg is a type-Ia supernova
about two weeks after maximum light.


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