2008CBET.1540....1S

M. Stritzinger, G. Folatelli, G. Pignata, F. Forster, and M. Hamuy, on behalf of the Millennium Center for Supernova Studies and the Carnegie Supernova Project, report that they obtained spectra (range 350-930 nm) of 2008gc (cf. CBET 1529), 2008ge (cf. CBET 1531), 2008gg (cf. CBET 1538), and 2008gi (cf. CBET 1539) with the European Southern Observatory New Technology Telescope (+ EFOSC) on Oct. 14.1-15.1 UT. The spectrum of 2008gc shows it to be a type-Ib/c supernova. With the aid of the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024), 2008gc is found to be most similar to the type-Ib supernovae 1999ex and 2005bf near maximum light. According to SNID, the redshift of 2008gc is roughly 16500 km/s.