2011CBET.2749....2V

S. Valenti and S. Benetti, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, on behalf of a larger collaboration, report that a spectrogram (range 330-750 nm; resolution 1.5 nm) of PSN J00594775-0734205 = SN 2011dq, obtained on June 25.43 UT with the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope (+ EFOSC), is that of a type-II supernova. After cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra via the "GELATO" code (Harutyunyan et al. 2008, A.Ap. 488, 383; available at website URL https://gelato.tng.iac.es/login.cgi), the spectrum of 2011dq appears to be similar that of SN 2005cs (Pastorello et al. 2009, MNRAS 394, 2266) about one month past maximum.