Electronic Telegram No. 518

   Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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   SUPERNOVA 2006ck IN UGC 8238
        P. Luckas, Perth, W. Australia; O. Trondal, Oslo, Norway; and M.
   Schwartz, Patagonia, AZ, report the discovery of an apparent supernova
   (mag 17.4) on unfiltered CCD frames taken with the 0.35-m telescope at
   Perth on May 20.54 UT and the 0.81-m telescope at Patagonia on May 22.17
   in the course of the Tenagra Observatory Supernova Search.  SN 2006ck is
   located at R.A. = 13h09m40s.42, = Decl. = -01o02'57".2 (equinox 2000.0),
   which is 10".2 west and 3".0 south of the center of UGC 8238 (which 
   itself
   has position end figures 41s.10, 54".2).  Nothing was visible at the
   position of 2006ck on an image taken by Luckas on Mar. 29.70 (limiting
   magnitude about 18.0) or on a Digitized Sky Survey image from 1989 Feb.
   11 (limiting red mag 21.0).
  
  
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   2006 May 22                      (CBET 518)               Daniel W. E. Green




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   Subject: CBET 519: 20060523 : SUPERNOVA 2006ck IN UGC 8238


                         Electronic Telegram No. 519

   Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
   INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
   M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
   IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)
   CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)
   URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html
  
  
   SUPERNOVA 2006ck IN UGC 8238
      S. Blondin, M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian
  Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrogram (range 350-740 nm) of
  2006ck (cf. CBET 518), obtained by P. Berlind on May 23.21 UT, shows it to
  be a supernova of type Ic around maximum light.  The spectrum is most similar
  to that of the type-Ic supernova 1994I (Filippenko et al. 1995, Ap.J. 450,
  L11) at 2 days past V-band maximum.
  
  
  NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes
       superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars.
  
                          (C) Copyright 2006 CBAT
  2006 May 23                      (CBET 519)               Daniel W. E. Green