2002IAUC.8014....2F

A. V. Filippenko, R. Chornock, and S. Jha, University of California, Berkeley; and B. Barris, University of Hawaii, write: "Inspection of CCD spectra (range 400-1000 nm), obtained on Nov. 9 UT with the Keck II 10-m telescope (+ ESI), shows that SN 2002gz (IAUC 7996) is indeed a supernova, but its spectral classification is uncertain at this time. It most closely resembles type II, with a blue continuum and unusually broad undulations at the approximate positions expected of hydrogen Balmer lines and O I 777.4-nm. Moreover, there may be He I absorption superposed on the H-alpha emission, so perhaps its spectral type is actually IIb. The redshift of the host galaxy is 0.085, based on narrow emission lines from adjacent H II regions. SN 2002ho (IAUC 8011) is of type Ic, within a few weeks past maximum brightness; the Ca II near- infrared triplet exhibits an especially prominent and broad P-Cyg profile."