2002IAUC.8007....2F

A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley, and B. Swift, University of California at Berkeley (UCB), report that inspection of CCD spectra (range 310-1000 nm), obtained on Nov. 2 UT with the Shane 3-m reflector at Lick Observatory, reveals that SN 2002hf (IAUC 8004) is of type Ic, within one week past maximum brightness. Similarly, spectra of SN 2002hh (IAUC 8005) show it to be a very young, highly reddened type-II supernova; broad, very-low-contrast H-alpha emission and absorption are visible, but the continuum is nearly featureless and very red. Strong, narrow (interstellar) Na I D absorption is present.