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IAUC 6786: 1997ef; 78P; GRB 971208
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Circular No. 6786
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SUPERNOVA 1997ef IN UGC 4107
P. Garnavich, S. Jha, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis, Harvard-
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; and D. Balam, University of
Victoria, report: "CCD images of this object were obtained with the
F. L. Whipple Observatory (FLWO) 1.2-m telescope by W. Brown and C.
Briceno, and with the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 1.8-m
Plaskett telescope, yielding the following V magnitude estimates
(relative to the star of V = 17.05 that is 1' to the southwest of
UGC 4107): Nov. 28.4 UT, 16.75; 29.5, 16.67; 30.5, 16.57; Dec. 1.3,
16.56; 3.6, 16.55; 12.3, 16.50. The photometry shows a rapid rise
in late November, but the brightness has currently leveled out near
V = 16.5. Assuming the object is at the distance of UGC 4107 and
is unreddened, the absolute V magnitude of the plateau is -17.1 for
H_0 = 65 km sE-1 MpcE-1. A series of spectra taken with the FLWO
1.5-m telescope between Nov. 26 and Dec. 8 confirms the trend of
increasing wavelength for the broad features that was noted on IAUC
6783. The largest peak near 520 nm has shifted by an average of
1500 km/s per day, covering 513 to 540 nm in 10 days. The flux
minimum near 600 nm has become deeper and narrower and now
resembles the Si II absorption often found in type-I supernovae.
The maximum near 440 nm has strengthened and narrowed and currently
peaks at an observed wavelength of 450.1 nm. A spectrum (range
320-850 nm), obtained with the Multiple-Mirror Telescope on Dec. 5,
shows no strong interstellar absorption lines of Na I or Ca II at
the redshift of UGC 4107, to an equivalent-width limit of 0.02 nm,
implying little extinction to this object. The spectrum also shows
a sharp drop in flux blueward of 375 nm; this may be due to Ca II
absorption out to high velocities, or even to a Balmer jump (but no
other signature of hydrogen is clearly present)."
COMET 78P/GEHRELS 2
Visual m_1 estimates: Nov. 4.16 UT, 12.8 (R. J. Bouma,
Groningen, The Netherlands, 0.25-m refl.); 6.05, 12.3 (V. S. Nevski,
Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m refl.); Dec. 9.19, 11.6 (A. Pereira, Cabo
da Roca, Portugal, 0.25-m refl.); 11.81, 12.2 (A. Pearce, Nedlands,
W. Australia, 0.20-m refl.).
GRB 971208
Corrigendum. On IAUC 6785, line 7, for Dec. 8.335 UT read
Dec. 8.325 UT
(C) Copyright 1997 CBAT
1997 December 12 (6786) Daniel W. E. Green
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