2003IAUC.8231....2F

Filippenko, Chornock, and Jha add that inspection of CCD spectra, obtained as above on Oct. 23 UT, reveals that SN 2003ix (IAUC 8229) is of type Ia, a few weeks past maximum brightness. SN 2003iz (cf. IAUC 8230) is also of type Ia, roughly near maximum brightness. SN 2003hr (IAUC 8191) is of type II, several months past maximum; the emission component of H_alpha greatly dominates over absorption, although classical P-Cyg profiles of H_beta, Na D, and Fe II are still prominent. A noisy spectrum of SN 2003iy (cf. IAUC 8230) suggests that it is a young type-II supernova, with a blue continuum and a hint of hydrogen Balmer lines.