Electronic Telegram No. 271
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2005hg IN UGC 1394
     M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics; and T. Matheson, National Optical
Astronomy Observatory, report that a spectrogram (range 350-740
nm) of SN 2005hg (cf. IAUC 8623), obtained by P. Berlind on Nov.
2.24 UT with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST),
shows the development of conspicuous lines of He I (rest 447.1,
587.6, 667.8, 706.5 nm).  The spectrum is very similar to spectra
of SN 1984L (Harkness et al. 1987, Ap.J. 317, 355) taken around
maximum light and to spectra of SN 2005bf (Tominaga et al. 2005,
Ap.J. Letters, in press; http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/?0509557)
at around 10 days before its second maximum.  SN 2005hg was
previously classified (CBET 267) as a type-Ic supernova.


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2005 November 2                  (CBET 271)               Daniel W. E. Green