[IAUC] CBET 2624: 20110108 : SUPERNOVA 2010ku IN IC 716

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2624
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2010ku IN IC 716
     N. Morrell, Las Campanas Observatory; G. Folatelli, IPMU, University of
Tokyo; J. Anderson, Universidad de Chile; and G. Pignata, Universidad Andres
Bello, on behalf of the Millennium Center for Supernova Science, report that
optical spectroscopy (range 364-920 nm) of 2010ku (cf. CBET 2591) was obtained
on Jan. 3.3 UT with the Las Campanas 2.5-m du Pont telescope (+ WFCCD).
Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova
Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows
that 2010ku is a type-IIP supernova about a month after explosion.


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2011 January 8                   (CBET 2624)              Daniel W. E. Green