2002IAUC.8010....2F

A. V. Filippenko, R. Chornock, and S. Jha, University of California at Berkeley, report that inspection of a CCD spectrum (range 400-1000 nm) obtained on Nov. 6 UT with the Keck II 10-m telescope (+ ESI) shows that SN 2002hk (cf. IAUC 8007) is a somewhat-unusual type-II supernova. Superposed on the relatively red continuum is a strong, broad H-alpha emission line; weaker Na D (possibly He I), H-beta with a P-Cyg profile, and several additional features are also present. The object's spectrum bears some resemblance to that of SN 2000cs (IAUC 7448).