Electronic Telegram No. 1945
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2009ix
     T. N. Steele, A. J. L. Morton, I. K. W. Kleiser, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection of a CCD spectrum
(range 330-1000 nm), obtained on Sept. 19 UT with the 3-m Shane reflector (+
Kast) at Lick Observatory, shows that SN 2009ix (CBET 1943) is 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) indicates that it is near maximum light.


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2009 September 20                (CBET 1945)              Daniel W. E. Green