Electronic Telegram No. 380
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVAE 2006C, 2006J, 2006P
     F. J. D. Serduke, A. Blum, J. Scala, A. V. Filippenko, and R.
Chornock, University of California, Berkeley, report that
inspection of CCD spectra (range 330-1020 nm), obtained on Jan. 24
UT with the Shane 3-m telescope at Lick Observatory, shows that SN
2006C (IAUC 8657) is a supernova of type II, with prominent
hydrogen Balmer lines with P-Cyg profiles.  However, the H-alpha
emission component greatly dominates over H-alpha absorption. SN
2006J (IAUC 8661) also appears to be of type II; broad H-alpha
emission, as well as possible absorption, is visible in the noisy
spectrum (range only 560-1020 nm).  SN 2006P (IAUC 8662) is probably
of type Ia, about 2 weeks past maximum brightness.


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2006 January 27                  (CBET 380)               Daniel W. E. Green