Electronic Telegram No. 651
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2006gz IN IC 1277
     J. L. Prieto and D. Depoy, Ohio State University; and P.
Garnavich, University of Notre Dame, report that spectra of 2006gz
(cf. IAUC 8754) were obtained with the Hiltner 2.4-m telescope (+
CCDS spectrograph) at MDM Observatory on Sept. 28.1 UT.  The reduced
spectra show a blue continuum with broad absorption features,
consistent with a type-Ia supernova.  Si II (635 nm) and S II (547,
563 nm) are clearly present, but the widths of the S II features are
narrow compared to that seen in spectra of a normal type-Ia supernova,
and the Si II feature shows an extrordinay double absorption.  Assuming
a recession velocity for the host galaxy of 8398 km/s (Haynes and
Giovanelli 1997, A.J. 113, 1197), the minima of the Si II absorptions
occur at 15000 and 6500 km/s.  Further observations of this unusual
event are urged.


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2006 September 28                (CBET 651)               Daniel W. E. Green