2006CBET..741....1P

The "Nearby Supernova Factory" collaboration (E. Pecontal and G. Rigaudier, Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon; P. Antilogus, S. Gilles, R. Pain, and R. Pereira, Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire et de Haute Energies de Paris; C. Buton, Y. Copin, E. Gangler, and G. Smadja, Institut de Physique Nucleaire de Lyon; G. Aldering, C. Aragon, S. Bailey, S. Bongard, M. J. Childress, S. Loken, P. Nugent, S. Perlmutter, K. Runge, R. Scalzo, R. C. Thomas, and B. A. Weaver, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley; R. Kessler, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, Chicago; and C. Baltay, A. Bauer, D. Herrera, and D. Rabinowitz, Yale University) reports the discovery of a supernova (approximate magnitude 19.7, calibrated to R) in NEAT images (cf. CBET 263) obtained on Nov. 13.2 UT using the QUEST II camera on the Palomar Oschin 1.2-m Schmidt telescope as a part of the Palomar-QUEST Consortium. SN 2006nq is located at R.A. = 2h04m24s.02, Decl. = +9d40'38".2 (equinox 2000.0); no object is visible at this location on a previous image taken on Nov. 11.2. A spectrum (range 320-1000 nm) of 2006nq, obtained on Nov. 15.5 with the "SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph" (SNIFS) on the University of Hawaii 2.2-m telescope, reveals that it is a young type-II supernova, with He I 587.6-nm and H-alpha P-Cyg features. The H-alpha detected in the spectrum of the nearby apparent host galaxy indicates a redshift of z = 0.0248.

A SNIFS spectrum (range 320-1000 nm) of SN 2006li (cf. IAUC 8770) in UGC 3664 (z = 0.0289; Marzke et al 1996, A.J. 112, 1803), obtained on Nov. 15.6, reveals that it is a type-Ib supernova. The prominent P-Cyg Ca II infrared triplet, P-Cyg O I 777.6-nm, and a small He I 587.6-nm absorption are visible.