Electronic Telegram No. 1441 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html SUPERNOVA 2008ed IN UGC 2740 A. Harutyunyan, S. Benetti, and F. Sabbadin, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova; A. Fiorenzano, Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), report that a noisy spectrum of 2008ed (cf. CBET 1439), obtained on July 18.21 UT with the 3.5-m TNG (+ DOLORES; range 360-775 nm, resolution 1.8 nm) is consistent with that of a core-collapse explosion. The best fit to this spectrum found by GELATO (Harutyunyan et al. 2008, http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/0804.1939) is with that of SN 1998S at about 20 days after discovery. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2008 CBAT 2008 July 18 (CBET 1441) Daniel W. E. Green