SIMBAD references

M. Hamuy, Carnegie Observatories, reports that J. Maza (University of Chile) obtained a spectrum (380-930 nm) of SN 2002jl with the Las Campanas Dupont 2.5-m telescope (+ WFCCD) on Dec. 2.13 UT, finding it to be a type-II supernova caught at an early stage. The spectrum is characterized by a blue continuum with H-alpha, H-beta, and He I 587.6-nm lines exhibiting P-Cyg profiles. An approximate redshift of 0.064 can be derived from weak, narrow emission lines superimposed on the supernova spectrum.