SIMBAD references

M. Stritzinger, G. Folatelli, G. Pignata, F. Forster, and M. Hamuy, on behalf of the Millennium Center for Supernova Studies and the Carnegie Supernova Project, report that they obtained spectra (range 350-930 nm) of 2008gc (cf. CBET 1529), 2008ge (cf. CBET 1531), 2008gg (cf. CBET 1538), and 2008gi (cf. CBET 1539) with the European Southern Observatory New Technology Telescope (+ EFOSC) on Oct. 14.1-15.1 UT. The spectrum of 2008gc shows it to be a type-Ib/c supernova. With the aid of the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024), 2008gc is found to be most similar to the type-Ib supernovae 1999ex and 2005bf near maximum light. According to SNID, the redshift of 2008gc is roughly 16500 km/s.