2011CBET.2897....2T

L. Tomasella, S. Valenti, A. Pastorello, M. Fiaschi, and S. Benetti, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, on behalf of a larger collaboration, report that a spectrogram of PSN J09031745+3035364 = SN 2011hn was obtained on Oct. 31.08 UT with the Ekar- Copernico 1.82-m telescope (+ AFOSC; range 380-820 nm; resolution 2.2 nm). A comparison of the observed spectrum with a library of supernova spectra using the "GELATO" code (Harutyunyan et al. 2008, A.Ap. 488, 383) suggests that 2011hn is a normal type-IIP supernova about 3 weeks after the explosion. The spectrum shows prominent P-Cyg H and Fe II features. The expansion velocity, as deduced from the position of the minimum of H_alpha, is about 7200 km/s.