Electronic Telegram No. 290
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2005kd IN PGC 14370
     J. Eastman, K. Schlesinger, R. Siverd, M. Peeples, V.
Simha, J. Prieto, R. Assef, K. Denny, D. DePoy, S. Dorsher, J.
Marshall, I. H. Park, S. Poindexter, and L. Watson, Ohio State
University, write that a spectrogram (range 390-730 nm) of SN
2005kd (CBET 285), taken on Nov. 13.3 UT with the MDM 2.4-m
telescope (+ CCDS), shows it to be a young type-IIn supernova.
The spectrum shows a blue continuum and strong hydrogen Balmer
(H_alpha, H_beta, H_gamma, and H_delta) and He I lines in
emission, at central wavelengths fully consistent with the
recession velocity of PGC 14370 (4509 km/s, from de Vaucouleurs et
al. 1991, Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies, Springer
Verlag; via NED).  The profile of the H_alpha line is well fitted
by two gaussians with FWHM = 640 and 2310 km/s.


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2005 November 16                 (CBET 290)               Daniel W. E. Green