SIMBAD references

Filippenko and Chornock also report that inspection of CCD spectra, obtained as above on Jan. 6 UT, shows that SN 2003A (IAUC 8041) is of type Ib/c, probably a few weeks after maximum brightness. Weak He I absorption lines are visible, but the overall spectrum resembles that of type-Ic supernovae. The redshift derived from a superposed H II region is about 7000 km/s. The supernova is probably a member of the southern spiral galaxy in the interacting pair UGC 5904, even though it appears projected closer to the nucleus of the northern elliptical galaxy.