2011CBET.2898....3M

G. H. Marion, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 340-740 nm) of PSN J11441295+3330581 = 2011ho was obtained on Nov. 3 UT by P. Berlind 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 2011ho is a 1991bg-like type-Ia supernova near maximum light. Good fits can be found to several templates of normal and 1991bg-like type-Ia supernovae within three days of maximum. The presence of a strong feature from Si II 597.2-nm and the reported brightness of 2011ho are consistent with a subluminous, or 1991bg-like, type-Ia supernova. Using an estimated redshift of z = 0.031829 for NGC 3847 as reported in NED (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991, RC3.9C), the velocity of the Si II 635.5-nm and 597.2-nm features are estimated to be 10700 km/s and 10500 km/s, respectively.