Classification of SN 2006cx, a Type II Supernova
ATel #833; The Nearby Supernova Factory: P. Antilogus, S. Gilles, R. Pain, R. Pereira (Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire et de Haute Energies de Paris), N. Blanc, Y. Copin, E. Gangler, G. Smadja (Institut de Physique Nucleaire de Lyon), G. Aldering, C. Aragon, S. Bailey, S. Bongard, M. J. Childress, D. Kocevski, S. Loken, P. Nugent, S. Perlmutter, K. Runge, R. Scalzo, R. C. Thomas, L. Wang, B. A. Weaver (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA), E. Pecontal, G. Rigaudier (Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon), R. Kessler (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, Chicago, IL), C. Baltay, A. Bauer, D. Herrera, D. Rabinowitz (Yale)
on 10 Jun 2006; 21:46 UT
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Credential Certification: R. C. Thomas (rcthomas@lbl.gov)
Subjects: Infra-Red, Optical, Ultra-Violet, Supernovae
The Nearby Supernova Factory reports that a spectrum (range 320-1000 nm) of SN 2006cx (CBET #542) in NGC 7316 (z = 0.018523; Giovanelli & Haynes, 1993, AJ, 105, 1271 via NED) obtained June 10.6 UT with the Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph on the University of Hawaii 2.2-meter telescope, reveals that it is a Type II supernova, showing characteristic hydrogen Balmer P-Cygni profiles. The maximum ejection velocity measured from the blue absorption wing of H-alpha is about 12,000 km/s.
