[Greg Bock (Greg Bock)]

Hi "Recoiling Robert", and everyone else above....
Robert, thanks for the Ha image above, and the link to the SINGG survey.
It will be interesting, if I can do it, to overlay the Ha image with my discovery image to see if there is a nice correlation between a particular Ha region and the supernova.

I received confirming advice early today from Las Campanas Observatory about the spectrum. Our friends there were very quick to willingly help out as much as they could by interrupting their planned schedule and recording the spectrum. They used the 6.5m Magellan II Clay telescope to identify the SN as a young type II P, where the 'P' stands for a 'Plateau' type. This means that the light curve will decrease more slowly over time than other type II L's, and type 1's,so it will be interesting to image it and develop the light curve over the next few months.

The spectrum was also recorded earlier today by the NTT team at La Silla, and agrees with the type IIP result, fantastic.

We have some clear weather coming soon I hope, if so, I will also try to obtain some hi-res images of the SN too.