Electronic Telegram No. 319
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2005lt IN MCG +03-30-51
     D. K. Sahu and G. C. Anupama, Indian Institute of Astrophysics,
report that a spectrogram (range 350-720 nm) of SN 2005lt (cf. IAUC
8645), obtained on Dec. 16.01 UT with the Indian Astronomical
Observatory's 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope (+ HFOSC) shows it to
be a type-Ia supernova.  The expansion velocity, derived from the
minimum of Si II (rest wavelength 635.5 nm), and adopting the NED
recession velocity of 5974 km/s for the host galaxy (from Haynes et
al. 1997, A.J. 113, 1197), is about 7500 km/s.


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2005 December 19                 (CBET 319)               Daniel W. E. Green