2011CBET.2737....2M

D. Milisavljevic and R. Fesen, Dartmouth College; K. Nordsieck, University of Wisconsin; and T. Pickering and D. O'Donoghue, South African Astronomical Observatory, on behalf of a larger SALT Commissioning Team, report that low- dispersion spectra (range 350-750 nm), obtained May 28 UT with the 10-m SALT telescope (+ RSS), show PSN J18435900-6159460 = SN 2011di to be a type-Ia supernova. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows matches with normal type-Ia events at less than one week after maximum light.