Electronic Telegram No. 200
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVAE 2005dg AND 2005di
     M. Salvo, B. Schmidt, T. Davis, and S. Sankarankutty, Australian
National University (ANU), report that a spectrum (range 340-900 nm),
obtained on Aug. 16.70 UT with the ANU 2.3-m telescope (+ Double-Beam
Spectrograph), shows SN 2005dg (IAUC 8581) to be a type-Ic supernova a
few days past maximum light.  A spectrum of SN 2005di (CBET 198),
obtained on Aug. 16.56, is similar to that of the type-Ia SN 1994ae a
few days past maximum light.


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2005 August 17                   (CBET 200)               Daniel W. E. Green