Chris (preliminary VLT): A type Ia at z~0.35. But the seeing was very poor.
Isobel (preliminary LRIS): z=0.36 from SN. No gal lines obvious. Try blue side? ESI: poor S/N but z=0.36 SN OK. SiII feature possibly.
Isobel (preliminary ESI): Poor S/N but z=0.36 SN OK. SiII feature possibly.
Isobel (preliminary VLT): z=0.36 from SN. Good Ia match. See Holst_snz.ps
Chris (final VLT): SN Ia z=0.363 OII from an offset trace
Andy (final VLT): This is certainly a Ia see the comparison to SN 1981b at: S01-033.81b.max.ps. You can tell it is a Ia from the Si II absorption at 5500 A, but note that you can't really see the main Si II feature at 8500 A. I don't think this is a problem, though because you can't really trust any of the spectra in the red (this spectrum has been S-G smoothed). The Keck data shows some hint of what might be Si II there, but it is hard to say without the final reduction.