Electronic Telegram No. 3203
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director:  Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
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SUPERNOVA 2012ec IN NGC 1084 = PSN J02455988-0734270
     K. Takaki, Y. Moritani, R. Itoh, I. Ueno, T. Urano, and K. S. Kawabata,
Hiroshima University; and M. Yamanaka, Kyoto University, obtained a
low-resolution optical spectrogram (range 450-900 nm) of PSN J02455988-0734270
= SN 2012ec (cf. CBET 3201) on Aug. 17.7 UT with the 1.5-m Kanata telescope at
Higashi-Hiroshima Observatory.  The spectrum shows broad P-Cyg profiles of
Balmer series and He I 587.6-nm lines, suggesting that 2012ec is a type-II
supernova at early phase.  The spectrum is similar to spectra of SN 2006bp at
10-12 days (Quimby et al. 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1093).


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2012 August 19                   (CBET 3203)              Daniel W. E. Green