2008CBET.1486....1C

R. Chornock, X. Wang, R. Mostardi, and A. V. Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection of CCD spectra (range 330-1040 nm), obtained on Aug. 31.30 UT with the Lick 3-m telescope (+ Kast spectrograph), reveals that 2008fd (CBET 1483) is a type-Ib supernova a few weeks after maximum brightness. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "SuperNova IDentification" code (Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that 2008fd is most similar to the type-Ib supernova 1999dn at 17 days after maximum light.