Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
IAUC 5405: 1991bi; 1991bg; GRS 1715-44
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Circular No. 5405
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 1991bi IN NGC 5127
Further to IAUC 5404, C. Pollas reports that the supernova is
located at R.A. = 13h21m24s.75, Decl. = +31 49'28".6 (equinox
1950.0). A star of magnitude B = 17.5 has end figures 28s.58,
03".2; another foreground star (B = 12.5) has end figures 14s.15,
51'09".1.
S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, and M. Turatto, Asiago Observatory,
communicate: "A spectrogram (range 390-800 nm, resolution 2.0 nm)
of SN 1991bi, obtained on Dec. 15.19 UT at the Cima Ekar 1.8-m
telescope (+ Boller & Chivens spectrograph + CCD), exhibits several
broad emission features (the strongest are measured at 462.5, 497.5,
561.0, and 662.3 nm) typical of a type-Ia supernova 3-4 weeks after
maximum. However, the absorption feature at about 570.0 nm, usually
relatively strong in type-Ia supernovae at this phase, is missing."
SUPERNOVA 1991bg IN NGC 4374
Benetti et al. also report: "A spectrogram of SN 1991bg was
obtained on Dec. 14.15 (instrumentation details as given above). A
preliminary reduction of the spectrum shows a very strong Si II line
at 617 nm, indicating this to be a type-Ia supernova not far from
maximum. Also very strong is the other Si II line at 581 nm, and
also present are the S II lines at 534.5 and 550.5 nm. Although the
continuum is relatively blue and no Na I D interstellar absorption
is visible, there are several similarities with the strongly reddened
SN 1986G in Cen A in the proximity of its maximum: the slow
expansion velocity, the strength of Si II lines, and the absence of
the emission band at about 410 nm (visible in most of the type-Ia
spectra)."
GRS 1715-44
N. Lund, S. Brandt, and A. J. Castro-Tirado, on behalf of the
Granat WATCH team (Danish Space Research Institute, Lyngby; and
Space Research Institute, Moscow), report: "A gamma-ray burst, GRS
1715-44 (R.A. = 17h15m, Decl. = -44.1, equinox 1950.0, error radius
1 deg), was recorded by the WATCH all-sky x-ray monitor on Dec. 9.77
UT. The event contained two pulses with 12-s separation. Follow-up
observations are encouraged."
1991 December 16 (5405) Daniel W. E. Green
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