Electronic Telegram No. 246
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2005ep IN UGC 10626
     R. J. Foley and A. V. Filippenko, University of California at
Berkeley; and T. Matheson, National Optical Astronomy Observatory,
report that inspection of CCD spectra (range 320-930 nm), obtained on
Oct. 7 UT with the Keck I 10-m telescope (+ LRIS), shows that SN
2005ep (IAUC 8607) is of type IIn.  Superposed on a very blue
continuum are unresolved Balmer emission lines on top of a broader
base.  The broad component of H-alpha emission has a FWHM of
approximately 1000 km/s.


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2005 October 7                   (CBET 246)               Daniel W. E. Green