2012CBET.3317....2C

T.-W. Chen, R. Kotak, and M. Fraser, Queen's University, Belfast, report that a spectrogram (range 330-975 nm; resolution about 1000) of SN 2012gz was obtained on Nov. 22.16 UT with the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope (+ ISIS). Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra via the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows that 2012gz matches a number of normal type-Ia supernovae such as SN 2004eo and SN 2003cg about a week before maximum light at a redshift of z = 0.03.