Electronic Telegram No. 635
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2006gi IN NGC 3147
     V. Stanishev, Physics Department, Stockholm University, reports
that a spectrum of SN 2006gi (cf. IAUC 8751) -- obtained on Sept. 20.23
UT with the Nordic Optical Telescope (+ ALFOSC; range 350-920 nm) by
T. Pursimo, C. Henriksen, and D. Sharapov -- shows it to be a type-Ib
supernova at, or a few days after, maximum light.  The spectrum is
similar to those of SNe 1990I (Elmhamdi et al. 2004, A.Ap. 426, 963)
and 1984L (Wheeler and Leverault 1985, Ap.J. 294, L17).


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2006 September 20                (CBET 635)               Daniel W. E. Green