2008CBET.1522....1C

P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 350-880 nm) of 2008fv (cf. CBET 1520), obtained on Sept. 30 UT by P. Challis with the MMT (+ Blue Channel Spectrograph) at Mt. Hopkins, shows it to be a normal type-Ia supernova. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that 2008fv is about one week before maximum light.