TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 7184 SUBJECT: XRF 080109 / SN 2008D: spectroscopic evolution DATE: 08/01/15 17:45:10 GMT FROM: Daniele Malesani at Niels Bohr Inst,Dark Cosmology Center D. Malesani (DARK), J. Sollerman (DARK and Univ. Stockolm), J.P.U. Fynbo, C.C. Thoene, D. Xu, J. Hjorth, G. Leloudas, P.M. Vreeswijk, D.J. Watson (DARK), P. Jakobsson (Univ. Herfordshire), T. Augusteijn, C. Villforth, S.-M. Niemi (NOT), report on behalf of a larger collaboration: We observed SN 2008D with the Nordic Optical Telescope on Jan 13.05 and Jan 15.16 UT. Spectra were acquired covering the range 3700-7500 AA. The spectra have evolved when compared to earlier epochs (Malesani et al., GCN 7169; Blondin et al., CBET 1205; Valenti et al., CBET 1205). The spectrum of Jan 15 now appears similar to that of the normal type-Ic SN 1994I a few days before maximum (Clocchiatti et al. 1996, ApJ, 462, 462). In particular, the spectral features are clearly narrower than those of SN 1998bw and SN 2006aj at comparable epochs. A plot of the NOT spectrum of Jan 15, compared with that of SN 1994I dereddened by A_V = 0.7 mag, is shown at the following URL: http://www.astro.ku.dk/~malesani/GRB/080109/spec_Jan15.png