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IAUC 8387: 2004du; 2004dt; 2004cs
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Circular No. 8387
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SUPERNOVA 2004du IN UGC 11683
Further to IAUC 8386, D. Singer and W. Li report the LOSS/KAIT
discovery of an apparent supernova located at R.A. = 21h08m26s.51,
Decl. = +18o11'23".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 3".4 west and 4".4
south of the center of UGC 11683. Unfiltered KAIT magnitudes: Aug.
9.29 UT, [20.0; 12.31, 18.4; 13.28, 17.1.
SUPERNOVA 2004dt IN NGC 799
M. Salvo, B. Schmidt, and P. Wood, Australian National
University (ANU), report that a spectrum (range 400-1000 nm;
resolution 1.6 nm), taken with the ANU 2.3-m telescope (+ Double-
Beam Spectrograph) at Siding Spring on Aug. 12.72 UT, shows SN
2004dt (cf. IAUC 8386) to be a young type-Ia supernova a few days
before maximum light. The photospheric expansion velocity, deduced
from the absorption minimum of Si II 635.5-nm, is about 16500 km/s
(via adoption of the NED recession velocity for the host galaxy NGC
799).
F. Patat and G. Pignata, European Southern Observatory; and S.
Benetti, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, on behalf of the ERTN,
report that a fully reduced spectrum (range 320-850 nm; resolution
1.6 nm) of SN 2004dt (cf. IAUC 8386), obtained on Aug. 13.17 UT by
J. Aceituno at the Calar Alto Observatory 2.2-m telescope (+ CAFOS),
shows it to be a type-Ia supernova with some unusual features. In
particular, there is a strong P-Cyg line whose absorption is
measured at 392.4 nm (rest frame), tentatively identified as C II
426.7-nm, with an implied expansion velocity of about 24100 km/s.
If this identification is correct, the other intense C II 657.6-
658.3-nm transitions are blended with the Si II 635.5-nm, which
indeed appears very broad, intense, and with an asymmetric
absorption trough. Particularly pronounced, with a broad symmetric
P-Cyg profile, is also the O I 777.6-nm transition, from which an
expansion velocity of about 16800 km/s is deduced. In a normal
type-Ia supernova, these rather high expansion velocities (the Ca
II H and K line gives about 22200 km/s) would indicate a very early
phase. Other intense lines visible in the spectrum are from Fe III
and Si III.
SUPERNOVA 2004cs IN UGC 11001
Further to IAUC 8386, the combination of B-g and R-V colors is
strongly suggestive of a type-Ia identification for this event (see
Gal-Yam et al. 2004, PASP 116, 597).
(C) Copyright 2004 CBAT
2004 August 13 (8387) Daniel W. E. Green
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