2004IAUC.8409....3M

Further to IAUC 8408, M. Modjaz et al. report that a spectrum of SN 2004ed (cf. IAUC 8397), obtained by Calkins on Sept. 10.17, shows it to be a late-time type-II supernova with strong H_alpha emission, an H_beta P-Cyg profile and other elements in absorption. Adopting the NED recession velocity of 7500 km/s for the host galaxy, the expansion velocity derived from the minimum of the H_beta line is 6200 km/s. A spectrum of SN 2004ek (cf. IAUC 8405), obtained on Sept. 14.47, shows it to be most probably a young type- II supernova. The spectrum consists of a featureless and blue continuum and is similar to an early spectrum of SN 1993J (Matheson et al. 2000, A.J. 120, 1487).