2008CBET.1253....1B

S. Blondin, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 350-740 nm) of 2008af (cf. CBET 1248), obtained on Feb. 11.48 UT by P. Berlind with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a type-Ia supernova a few days past maximum light. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that 2008af is most similar to the type-Ia supernova 1992A (cf. IAUC 5428, 5429) at 7 days past maximum light. Adopting a recession velocity of 10045 km/s for the host galaxy of 2008af (from The Updated Zwicky Catalog, http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/uzc/), the maximum absorption in the Si II line (rest 635.5 nm) is blueshifted by roughly 11700 km/s.