SIMBAD references

M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, P. Challis, and S. Blondin, Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrogram (range 350-740 nm) of SN 2005md (cf. IAUC 8647), obtained by P. Berlind on Dec. 28.31 UT, shows it to be most probably a young type-II supernova. The spectrum consists of a featureless, blue continuum and is similar to an early spectrum of SN 1993J (Matheson et al. 2000, A.J. 120, 1487). A spectrum of SN 2005mf (cf. IAUC 8648), obtained by Berlind on Dec. 28.40, shows it to be a supernova of type Ic. The spectrum is similar to spectra of SN 1994I (Filippenko et al. 1995, Ap.J. 450, L11) taken a few days before maximum.