Electronic Telegram No. 2001
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2009jy IN NGC 3208
     R. Covarrubias, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
and Anglo-Australian Observatory; and S. Ryder, Anglo-Australian Observatory,
report a spectroscopic observation (range 380-1000 nm) of SN 2009jy (cf. CBET
1983) obtained on Nov. 2.35 UT with the Magellan II Clay telescope (+ MagE) at
Las Campanas Observatory, which shows that this is a type-Ic supernova.
Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra, using the "Supernova
Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry, 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024), gives
a good match to a type-Ic supernova at least one month, and possibly up to
two months, old.


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2009 November 3                  (CBET 2001)              Daniel W. E. Green