Electronic Telegram No. 2337
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2010el IN NGC 1566
     M. S. Bessell and B. P. Schmidt, Australian National University (ANU),
report that a spectrogram (range 350-950 nm) of 2010el (cf. CBET 2334),
obtained on June 23.80 UT with the 2.3-m ANU telescope (+ Wide Field Imaging
Spectrograph), shows a relatively red continuum populated with low-velocity
lines, including Si II 635.5-nm, and Ca H and K and the Ca infrared triplet.
Ryan Foley, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, notes that the
object is remarkably similar to the low-energy peculiar type-Ia supernova
2008ha at one day before maximum light (Foley et al. 2009, A.J. 138, 37).


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2010 June 23                     (CBET 2337)              Daniel W. E. Green