2003IAUC.8099....1K

R. Kotak and W. P. S. Meikle, Imperial College, London; and F. Patat, European Southern Observatory, on behalf of the European Supernova Collaboration, report that a spectrum (range 427-686 nm) of SN 2003cg (cf. IAUC 8097), obtained at the William Herschel Telescope (+ ISIS) by G. Nelemans on Mar. 22.9 UT, shows it to be a highly-reddened 'normal' type-Ia supernova, a few days before maximum (compared to SN 1994D; Patat et al. 1996, MNRAS 278, 111), with a total extinction of A_v about 2.5 magnitudes. Very strong, multicomponent Na I D interstellar absorption lines are present in the rest frame of the host galaxy.