Type determination for SN 2004M
ATel #396; The Nearby Supernova Factory: G. Aldering, B. C. Lee, S. Loken, P. Nugent, S. Perlmutter, J. Siegrist, R. Scalzo, R. C. Thomas, L. Wang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA), G. Adam, R. Bacon, C. Bonnaud, L. Capoani, D. Dubet, F. Henault, B. Lantz, J-P. Lemonnier, A. Pecontal, E. Pecontal (Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon), N. Blanc, G. Boudoul, S. Bongard, A. Castera, Y. Copin, E. Gangler, L. Sauge, G. Smadja (Institut de Physique Nucleaire de Lyon), R. Kessler (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, Chicago, IL), P. Antilogus, P. Astier, E. Barrelet, G. Garavini, S. Gilles, L-A. Guevara, D. Imbault, C. Juramy, R. Pain, R. Taillet, D. Vincent (Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire et de Haute Energies de Paris), C. Baltay, D. Rabinowitz, A. Bauer (Yale)
on 26 Jan 2005; 00:33 UT
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Credential Certification: Brian C. Lee (BCLee@LBL.gov)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae
Referred to by ATel #: 397
We report that a spectrum (range 330-990 nm) of SN 2005M (IAUC # 8470 ), obtained Jan 24.52 UT with the SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph on the University of Hawaii 2.2m telescope, shows it to be a type Ia SN most similar to SN 1991T about 12 days before maximum. Weak Ca II H&K and Fe III features are evident. The spectrum is very blue, and lacks interstellar Na I D, indicating very little or no extinction.
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