2011CBET.2816....2C

E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti, and A. Pastorello, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova; F. Bufano, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Catania; and G. Pignata, Universidad Andres Bello, on behalf of a larger collaboration, report that a spectrogram (range 330-750 nm; resolution 1.5 nm) of PSN J20301588-3448325 = SN 2011fo, obtained on Sept. 6.1 UT with the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope (+ EFOSC), shows that 2011fo is a young, heavily extinguished [E(B-V) about 0.7], 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 URL https://gelato.tng.iac.es/login.cgi), the spectrum appears similar that of SN 2009at few days after explosion.