[IAUC] CBET 2565: 20101204 : SUPERNOVAE 2010kc AND 2010kg

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2565
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVAE 2010kc AND 2010kg
     J. M. Silverman, S. B. Cenko, M. T. Kandrashoff, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection of a CCD spectrum
(range 340-1000 nm), obtained on Nov. 30 UT with the 3-m Shane reflector (+
Kast) at Lick Observatory, shows that 2010kc (CBET 2552) is a type-Ib
supernova.  SN 2010kg (CBET 2561) is a very young type-Ia supernova.  After
removal of the host-galaxy recession velocity of 4770 km/s (measured from
their own spectrum of the host, NGC 1633), they find the absorption minimum
of the Si II 635.5-nm line to be blueshifted by about 21300 km/s.  Cross-
correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "SuperNova
IDentification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J.  666, 1024)
indicates that 2010kg is a normal type-Ia supernova (consistent with the
findings of Marion et al., CBET 2561) and might be as young as 10-14 days
before maximum brightness.  Extensive follow-up observations are encouraged.

     G. H. Marion, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group; and D. Griep, NASA Infrared Telescope
Facility (IRTF), report that a near-infrared spectrum (range 700-2400 nm) of
SN 2010kg (cf. CBET 2561) was obtained on Dec 3.4 UT with the SpeX instrument
on the IRTF 3.0-m telescope.  The spectrum exhibits unusually high velocities
with lines from O I, Mg II, and Si II found between 18000 and 20000 km/s.
The Ca II infrared triplet (857.9 mn) is exceptional strong, and the
absorption-line profile has a square bottom with the blue side near 32000
km/s and the red side near 26000 km/s.  The blue wings of the Ca II feature
extend to at least 40000 km/s, where they blend with O I and Si II.  Possible
identifications are made for Si III and Fe III.  CI is not observed.


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2010 December 4                  (CBET 2565)              Daniel W. E. Green