Electronic Telegram No. 1723
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2009as IN ESO 447-37
     R. Covarrubias, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
(OCIW) and Anglo Australian Observatory; and N. Morrell, OCIW and the Carnegie
Supernova Project, report that a spectroscopic observation (range 400-1000 nm)
of 2009as (cf. CBET 1717), obtained on Mar. 15.4 UT with the Magellan II Clay
telescope (+ LDSS3) at Las Campanas Observatory, shows this to be a type-Ia
supernova.  Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra, using the
"Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry, 2007, Ap.J. 666,
1024), gives a very good match with several normal type-Ia supernovae between
10 and 14 days after maximum.  Adopting the NED recession velocity for the
host galaxy of 6649 km/s (Theureau et al. 2007, A.Ap. 465, 71), the minimum
of the Si II 635.5-nm absorption reveals an expansion velocity of
approximately 11700 km/s.


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2009 March 15                    (CBET 1723)              Daniel W. E. Green