Electronic Telegram No. 2628
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director:  Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
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SUPERNOVA 2011E IN MCG -01-2-14
     Further to CBET 2627, A. Narla, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko
report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2011 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2011E    Jan. 7.08    0 26 19.23  - 4 29 42.4   15.8    28".1 E, 11".2 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2011E:  2010 Nov. 29.22 UT, [18.8; 2011 Jan.
8.09 UT, 15.7.

     G. H. Marion and P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
(CfA), on behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, report that a spectrum (range
340-740 nm) was obtained of 2011E on Jan. 9 UT by P. Berlind with the F. L.
Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST).  The spectrum is very blue, and
the features are weak.  Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra
using the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J.
666, 1024) shows that 2011E is a type-II supernova near maximum light.


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2011 January 9                   (CBET 2628)              Daniel W. E. Green