2011CBET.2842....2M

G. H. Marion, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, report that a spectrum (range 340-740 nm) of PSN J00324300+2606516 = 2011gi was obtained on Sept. 27 UT by Marion with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST). Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows that 2011gi is a type-Ia supernova about 40 days after maximum light. The best-fit SNID templates are for 1991T-like type-Ia supernovae between 37 and 45 days post-maximum at z = 0.034.