SIMBAD references

E. Y. Hsiao, M. L. Graham, C. J. Pritchet, A. Parker, S. Sadavoy, and D. Balam, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, report that a spectrogram (range 390-703 nm, resolution 0.3 nm) of 2008gl, obtained on Oct. 22.49 UT with the 1.82-m Plaskett Telescope of the National Research Council of Canada, 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 (Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that 2008gl is most similar to the type-Ia supernova 1994M at four days past maximum light. The redshift derived from the fit is consistent with the published redshift of UGC 881 (z = 0.034, from Huchra et al. 1999, Ap.J. Suppl. 121, 287).