SIMBAD references

E. Y. Hsiao, M. L. Graham, C. J. Pritchet, and D. Balam, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, report that a noisy spectrogram (range 390-703 nm, resolution 0.3 nm) of 2008fn, obtained on Sept. 10.23 UT with the 1.82-m Plaskett Telescope of the National Research Council of Canada, shows it to be a type-Ibc supernova at 2 weeks past maximum light. According to the 'superfit' matching program of Howell et al. (2005, Ap.J. 634, 1190), the best fit is to the spectrum of SN 2002ap at 12 days past maximum light. The fit is consistent with the redshift of the presumed host galaxy, 2MASX J16214855+3703386 (z = 0.0298, Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 3). One cannot rule out the possibility that the object is a late-time type-Ia supernova.