SIMBAD references

M. Hamuy, Carnegie Observatories; and J. Maza, University of Chile, report that a spectrum (range 380-930 nm) of SN 2003gf (cf. IAUC 8156), obtained on June 25.31 UT with the Dupont 2.5-m telescope (+ WFCCD) at Las Campanas, bears resemblance to those of the type-Ic SN 1987M obtained 11-29 days after maximum light (Filippenko 1997, ARAA 35, 309). Superimposed narrow emission H_alpha emission from the host galaxy yields a recession velocity of 2520 km/s.