SIMBAD references

S. Blondin, M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrum (range 350-740 nm) of SN 2006dv (cf. IAUC 8733), obtained on July 25.43 UT by P. Berlind with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a type-Ia supernova around maximum light. Cross-correlation with a library of type-Ia supernova spectra indicates that SN 2006dv is most similar to SN 1996X at +2 days. Adopting a recession velocity of 9893 km/s for the host galaxy (from de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991, Third Ref. Cat. of Bright Galaxies), the maximum absorption in the Si II line (rest 635.5 nm) is blueshifted by roughly 11000 km/s.