2009CBET.2037....2S

M. Stritzinger, Las Campanas Observatory and Dark Cosmology Centre; and G. Folatelli, Universidad de Chile, on behalf of the Millennium Center for Supernova Science, report that they obtained an optical spectrum of 2009lp on Nov. 22.2 UT with the Gemini telescope (+ GMOS). The spectrum reveals that 2009lp is a type-Ia supernova. Comparison with a library of spectra via the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that 2009lp is most nearly similar to supernova 1986G about 45 days past maximum; SNID also suggests a redshift of z = 0.015.