Electronic Telegram No. 134
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)
CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)
URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html


SUPERNOVA 2005be
     M. Salvo, B. Schmidt, and J. Norris, Australian National
University (ANU), report that a spectrum (range 360-530 nm) of
SN 2005be (IAUC 8506) was taken at the ANU 2.3-m telescope (+
Double-Beam spectrograph) at Siding Spring on Apr. 6.70 UT.
Cross-correlation with a library of supernovae spectra (see IAUC
8098) shows SN 2005be to be a type-Ia supernova nearly a week past
maximum light, at a redshift z = 0.035.  This is the same redshift
value found for the host galaxy from the position of the Ca H
and K lines in its spectrum.


NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes
      superseded by text appearing later in the formal IAU Circulars.

                         (C) Copyright 2005 CBAT
2005 April 8                     (CBET 134)               Daniel W. E. Green