Electronic Telegram No. 2888
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2011hh
     Vladimir Lipunov reports the discovery of a transient object (mag
16.9) with the MASTER telescope at Amur (http://observ.pereplet.ru) on
V-band images taken on Oct. 26.65 and 26.68 UT (limiting mag 18.3-18.5).
The new object is located at R.A. = 2h57m04s.61, Decl. = +49d47'43".3
(equinox 2000.0); nothing is visible at this position on unfiltered
MASTER CCD images taken at Kislovodsk on 2010 Sept. 18.96 (limiting mag
20).  The discovery images are posted at the following website URL:
http://observ.pereplet.ru/images/SN111026/master-amur025704.png.

     G. H. Marion, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 340-740 nm)
of 2011hh was obtained on Oct. 28 UT by P. Berlind with the F. L. Whipple
Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST).  Cross-correlation with a library of
supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and
Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows that the object is a type-Ia supernova about
three weeks after maximum light.  A good fit is found to the template of the
normal type-Ia supernova 2002cr at +20 days and z = 0.015.


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2011 November 2                  (CBET 2888)              Daniel W. E. Green