Electronic Telegram No. 1162
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2007ry
     R. Chornock, F. J. D. Serduke, X. Wang, and A. V. Filippenko, University
of California, Berkeley, report that CCD spectra (range 330-1030 nm) of
2007ry (CBET 1158), obtained on Dec. 11.5 UT with the Kast spectrograph on
the Shane 3-m telescope at Lick Observatory, reveals that the object is a
supernova of type Ia.  Narrow emission lines from the anonymous host galaxy
give a redshift of 0.048.  The spectrum is contaminated by light from the
host galaxy due to poor seeing, but spectral features similar to those of SN
1994D at an age of about 10-14 days after maximum light are present.


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2007 December 12                 (CBET 1162)              Daniel W. E. Green