SIMBAD references

T. Matheson, P. Challis, and R. Kirshner, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrum (range 370-750 nm) of SN 2002kf (cf. IAUC 8040), obtained by M. Calkins on 2002 Dec. 31.34 UT with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST spectrograph), shows it to be a type-Ia supernova near maximum. Narrow emission lines, from a separate exposure of the nucleus, indicate a recession velocity of 5800 km/s for the host galaxy; using this value, the supernova expansion velocity is about 11100 km/s for Si II (rest 635.5 nm). The spectral-feature age (cf. IAUC 8037) of the supernova is 0 ± 2 days before maximum light.