Mario Hamuy, Carnegie Observatories, and Jose Maza (University of Chile)
report that a spectrum (range 380-930 nm) of SN 2003gf (cf. IAUC 8156),
obtained on Jun. 25.31 UT with the Las Campanas Observatory Dupont 2.5-m
telescope (+ WFCCD), bears resemblance to those of the type-Ic
SN 1987M obtained between 11 and 29 days after maximum light
(Filippenko 1997, ARAA, 35, 309). Superimposed narrow emission H_alpha
emission from the host galaxy yields a recession velocity of 2520 km/s.