2003IAUC.8210....2M

T. Matheson, P. Challis, and R. Kirshner, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, write that a spectrum (range 370-750 nm) of SN 2003ii (cf. IAUC 8208), obtained by M. Calkins on Sept. 26.37 UT with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST spectrograph), shows it to be a type-II supernova. Narrow emission lines superposed on the spectrum of the supernova indicate a recession velocity of 13400 km/s for the host galaxy; using this value, the supernova expansion velocity derived from the minimum of the H_beta line is 8600 km/s.