2006CBET..612....1B

S. Blondin, M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, report that spectra (range 350-740 nm) of SN 2006el (cf. CBET 605, IAUC 8741) and SN 2006ep (cf. CBET 609), obtained on Sept. 2.30 and 2.41 UT by P. Berlind with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), show them to be both type-Ib supernovae around maximum light. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra shows that 2006el is most similar to the type-Ib supernova 2005bf (Tominaga et al. 2005, Ap.J. 633, L97) at -4 days with respect to maximum brightness, and that 2006ep is most similar to the type-Ib supernova 2005hg (cf. CBET 271) at -4.5 days.