2004IAUC.8432....2S

M. Salvo, B. Schmidt and S. Keller, Australian National University (ANU), report that a spectrogram (range 400-700 nm) of SN 2004fc (cf. IAUC 8422), obtained with the ANU 2.3-m telescope (+ Double-Beam Spectrograph) at Siding Spring on Oct. 22.56 UT, shows it to be a type-II supernova before maximum light. The spectrum consists of a blue continuum with weak P-Cyg Balmer lines. Adopting the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database recession velocity of 1829 km/s for the host galaxy, the expansion velocity derived from the minimum of the H_beta line is 9700 km/s.