2003IAUC.8042....2K

R. Kirshner and J. Silverman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, obtained a spectrogram (range 400-900 nm) of SN 2003B on Jan. 6.17 UT with the Clay 6.5-m telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. The spectrum resembles that of a type-II supernova, < 2 weeks past maximum. A well-developed P-Cyg line at H-alpha has a peak near the systemic velocity of NGC 1097, which is marked by a narrow emission, presumably due to the H II region near the event. The deepest absorption of the P-Cyg line at H-alpha is shifted about 6300 km/s toward the blue.