Mario Hamuy (Carnegie Observatories) reports spectroscopic observations
of SN 2002 in UGC 2984 made by Miguel Roth and Nidia Morrell
(Carnegie Observatories) on Dec. 27.22 UT with the Las Campanas
Observatory Dupont 2.5-m telescope (+ Modular Spectrograph)
in the wavelength range 380-725 nm.

The spectrum bears some resemblance to that of the Type Ic SN 1994I 
taken 10 days past maximum (Filippenko et al. 1995, ApJ, 450, L11). Both
supernovae show a strong Na I D 589.2 line exhibiting a P-Cygni profile,
and prominent blends of Fe II lines between 400-470 nm. However,
this supernova shows an evident absorption at 644 nm (rest wavelength)
which is not present in SN 1994I, and could be H alpha. Perhaps
this is an intermediate IIb type. Na I D interstellar lines at the
redshift of the host galaxy can be seen with an equivalent width of
0.1 nm, which significant reddening by dust.