SIMBAD references

A. V. Filippenko and R. J. Foley, University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection of CCD spectra (range 300-920 nm), obtained on Feb. 12 UT with the Keck I 10-m telescope (+ LRIS), shows that the possible supernova in NGC 4945 reported on IAUC 8482 is a supernova of type II, with well-developed P-Cyg profiles of H, Fe II, Ca II, and other species. The general appearance of the spectrum suggests the II-plateau subclass, perhaps 1 month after the explosion.