SIMBAD references

T. Morokuma, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan – together with M. Doi, Y. Ihara, and T. Hattori – report that spectra (range 380-900 nm; spectral resolution about 400) of 2008hj, obtained on Nov. 24 UT with the Subaru 8.2-m telescope (+ FOCAS), indicate that this is a normal type-Ia supernova (well fitted to template of Hsiao et al. 2007, Ap.J. 663, 1187) around maximum light at a redshift of z = 0.0379. The velocity of Si II around 630 nm is roughly 12500 km/s. The redshift is measured with the H-alpha emission line of the host galaxy, MCG-02-01-14, and is consistent with the redshift in the catalogue by Huchra et al. (1993, A.J. 105, 1637).