SIMBAD references

P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 320-850 nm) of 2008ip (cf. CBET 1641), obtained on Jan. 2 UT by M. Calkins with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a type-IIn supernova; cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra, using the "Supernova Identification" code (Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024), indicates that 2008ip is simliar to SN 1998S at 2 days after explosion.