Electronic Telegram No. 494
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVAE 2006bv
     S. Blondin, M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrum
(range 350-740 nm) of SN 2006bv (cf. CBET 493), obtained on
Apr. 30.14 UT by W. Brown with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m
telescope (+ FAST), shows this supernova to be a type-IIn supernova
around maximum light.  The spectrum consists of a blue continuum and
narrow emission lines of the Balmer series (e.g., H_alpha, 400 km/s
FWHM), characteristic of type-IIn supernovae.


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2006 May 1                       (CBET 494)               Daniel W. E. Green