Electronic Telegram No. 519
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2006ck IN UGC 8238
     S. Blondin, M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrogram (range 350-740 nm) of
2006ck (cf. CBET 518), obtained by P. Berlind on May 23.21 UT, shows it to
be a supernova of type Ic around maximum light.  The spectrum is most similar
to that of the type-Ic supernova 1994I (Filippenko et al. 1995, Ap.J. 450,
L11) at 2 days past V-band maximum.


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2006 May 23                      (CBET 519)               Daniel W. E. Green