Classification of SN2005dj, a Type II Supernova
ATel #587; The Nearby Supernova Factory: N. Blanc, S. Bongard, Y. Copin, E. Gangler, L. Sauge, G. Smadja (Institut de Physique Nucleaire de Lyon), P. Antilogus, G. Garavini, S. Gilles, R. Pain (Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire et de Haute Energies de Paris), G. Aldering, S. Bailey, B. C. Lee, S. Loken, P. Nugent, S. Perlmutter, R. Scalzo, R. C. Thomas, L. Wang, B. A. Weaver (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA), C. Bonnaud, E. Pecontal (Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon), R. Kessler (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, Chicago, IL), C. Baltay, D. Rabinowitz, A. Bauer (Yale)
on 19 Aug 2005; 21:45 UT
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Credential Certification: R. C. Thomas (rcthomas@lbl.gov)
The Nearby Supernova Factory reports that a spectrum (range 320-1000
nm) of SN 2005dj (IAUC# 8585 ), obtained August 19.6 UT with the Supernova
Integral Field Spectrograph on the University of Hawaii 2.2-meter
telescope, reveals P-Cygni H-alpha and H-beta, indicative of a Type II
supernova. The observed redshift is consistent with that of the host
UGC 3545 (z = 0.011508, Huchtmeier & Skillman 1998 via NED). Using
this value, we measure absorption the minima of these two features at
8000 km/s.
