Electronic Telegram No. 2030 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 2009ld Further to CBET 2021, E. Sanders reports the following R-band magnitudes obtained with the robotic 1-m altazimuth telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico: Nov. 4.82 and 6.86 UT, suspect visible, but with poor focus; 5.86, 18.32; 9.86, 18.15; 15.85, 18.16. She also measures the position of 2009ld to be R.A. = 22h49m48s.38, Decl. = +11o38'46".3 (equinox 2000.0). J. M. Silverman, M. T. Kandrashoff, A. J. L. Morton, and A. V. Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection of a low-signal-to-noise-ratio CCD spectrum (range 380-980 nm), obtained on Nov. 18 UT with the 3-m Shane reflector (+ Kast) at Lick Observatory, shows that 2009ld is a type-II supernova; H-alpha emission is much stronger than the absorption component. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "SuperNova IDentification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that SN 2009ld is most similar to the type-IIP supernova 2004et about nine days past maximum brightness. Narrow emission features from the supernova's host galaxy reveal it to have a recession velocity of about 7600 km/s. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2009 CBAT 2009 November 18 (CBET 2030) Daniel W. E. Green