Electronic Telegram No. 770 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html SUPERNOVA 2006rz Further to CBETs 611 and 762, B. Bassett, South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO); A. Becker, University of Washington (UW); H. Brewington, Apache Point Observatory (APO); C. Choi, Seoul National University (SNU); D. Cinabro, Wayne State University; F. DeJongh, Fermilab; J. Dembicky, APO; D. L. DePoy, Ohio State University (OSU); B. Dilday, University of Chicago (UC); M. Doi, University of Tokyo (UoT); J. Frieman, Fermilab and UC; P. Garnavich, University of Notre Dame; M. Harvanek, APO; C. Hogan, UW; J. Holtzman, New Mexico State University; M. Im, SNU; S. Jha, Stanford University (SU); K. Konishi, UoT; J. Krzesinski, APO; H. Lampeitl, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI); R. Kessler, UC; B. Ketzeback, D. Long, O. Malanushenko, and V. Malanushenko, APO; J. Marriner and D. McGinnis, Fermilab; R. McMillan, APO; G. Miknaitis, Fermilab; T. Morokuma, UoT; R. Nichol, University of Portsmouth (UP); K. Pan, APO; J. L. Prieto, OSU; M. Richmond, Rochester Institute of Technology; A. Riess, STScI; R. Romani, SU; M. Sako, University of Pennsylvania; G. Saurage, APO; D. Schneider, Pennsylvania State University; M. Smith, UP; S. Snedden, APO; N. Takanashi and K. Tokita, UoT; K. van der Heyden, SAAO; S. Watters, APO; C. Wheeler, University of Texas; N. Yasuda, UoT; and C. Zheng, SU, on behalf of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II collaboration, report the discovery of a new supernova (at magnitudes g = 20.0, r = 19.7, and i = 20.0) on images taken with the SDSS 2.5-m telescope at APO by the SDSS observing team on Nov. 26 UT. SN 2006rz is located at R.A. = 3h46m06s.78, Decl. = +0o23'23".1 (equinox 2000.0), essentially coincident with the previously catalogued galaxy SDSS J034606.87+002325.0, an emission-line galaxy with a redshift of 0.0309. J. Eastman, J. L. Prieto, L. Watson, R. Assef, K. Schlesinger, D. DePoy, OSU; and A. Crotts, Columbia University, report that spectroscopic observations with the Hiltner 2.4-m telescope at MDM Observatory on Nov. 30 indicate that 2006rz is a type-Ia supernova that is now (Dec. 5) around maximum light. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2006 CBAT 2006 December 6 (CBET 770) Daniel W. E. Green