SIMBAD references

R. Chornock, M. Modjaz, and S. B. Cenko, University of California, Berkeley, report that spectra (range 340-810 nm), obtained on Nov. 23 UT using the Kast spectrograph on the Lick 3-m telescope, reveal that 2008hk is a type-Ia supernova at a redshift of 9025 km/s, determined from narrow H-alpha emission in the spectrum. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "SuperNova IDentification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) finds a best-fit age of 16 ± 3 days after maximum light. The best spectral match found by SNID is with SN 2003du at 18 days after maximum light.