2006IAUC.8680....2B

S. Blondin, M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis, Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrogram (range 350-740 nm) of SN 2006am, obtained on Feb. 27.49 UT by P. Berlind with the Mt. Hopkins 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a type-IIn supernova. The spectrum consists of a blue continuum and Balmer emission lines, with a narrow component of about 300-400 km/s (FWHM) superposed on a weaker and broader component of about 2000 km/s (FWHM), after removing the NED recession velocity of 2694 km/s for the host galaxy (from The Updated Zwicky Catalog, http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/uzc/). SN 2006al is a type-Ia supernova (CBET 411). SNe 2006R and 2006S (cf. IAUC 8664) were found to be type-Ia supernovae within a week of maximum on Jan. 28-29 (CBET 382, 383). SN 2006T (cf. IAUC 8666) was found on Feb. 2 to be an apparently young type-II/IIb event (CBET 386); SN 2006V (cf. IAUC 8667) was a type-II supernova past maximum on Feb. 7 (CBET 392).