Hi all,
Just heard from our professional astronomer colleague at Las Campanas observatory (Chile) that this supernova is now getting quite a bit of attention from professional astronomers at Las Campanas and CTIO. She notes there will be one if not several scientific papers on this particular SN. Goes to show that YES you as a contributing amateur astronomer are very important to the ongoing science of Astronomy. Will keep you posted on this development. By the way the spectra was obtained using the Dupont 100inch telescope, check it out at the site below.
PeterM
http://www.lco.cl/telescopes-information/irenee-du-pont
http://www.lco.cl/