Electronic Telegram No. 382
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2006S IN UGC 7934
     S. Blondin, M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrum
(range 350-740 nm) of SN 2006S (cf. IAUC 8664), obtained on Jan.
28.49 UT by P. Berlind with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m
telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a type-Ia supernova with a
spectral-feature age (Riess et al. 1997, A.J. 114, 722) of -5 days
from maximum light.  Adopting a recession velocity of 9624 km/s for
the host galaxy (Rines et al. 2001, Ap.J. 561, 41), the maximum
absorption in the Si II line (rest 635.5 nm) is blueshifted by 11600
km/s.


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2006 January 29                  (CBET 382)               Daniel W. E. Green