SIMBAD references

P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 360-800 nm) of 2009ay (cf. CBET 1728), obtained on Mar. 25 UT by W. Brown with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a type-II supernova. The spectrum shows featureless continuum with hints of broad H-beta and H-gamma features. Emission from the galaxy NGC 6479 yields a redshift that is the same as listed via NED (0.02218).