SIMBAD references

F. Salgado and N. Morrell, on behalf of the Carnegie Supernova Project, report that a spectrum (range 380-923 nm) of 2008hj (cf. CBET 1579), obtained with the 2.5-m du Pont telescope (+ WFCCD) at Las Campanas Observatory on Nov. 24.14 UT, shows it to be a type-Ia supernova around maximum light. Comparison with a library of supernovae spectra via the "Supernova Identification" code (Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows that 2008hj is very similar to many normal type-Ia supernovae a few days before peak. Adopting the NED recession velocity of 11360 km/s (from Huchra et al. 1993, A.J. 105, 1637) for the host galaxy, MCG-02-1-14, the minimum of the Si II 635.5-nm absorption appears blueshifted by 12400 km/s.