2003IAUC.8146....3H

M. Hamuy, Carnegie Observatories, reports that a spectrum (range 380-930 nm) of SN 2003fb (cf. IAUC 8143), obtained on June 7.33 UT with the Las Campanas Observatory Dupont 2.5-m telescope (+ WFCCD), confirms that this is a type-II supernova with well- developed Balmer lines exhibiting P-Cyg profiles. The minimum of the H_beta line yields an expansion velocity of -7054 km/s (adopting the NED host-galaxy recession velocity of 5259 km/s). A spectrum of SN 2003fc (cf. IAUC 8143), obtained on June 7.37, bears resemblance to that of the type-Ic SN 1994I obtained 4 days before maximum light. Superimposed narrow H_alpha emission from the host galaxy yields a redshift of 0.035.