TNS Classification Report No. 18716 [ 2024TNSCR4514....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-16 22:39:08
Sender: Simon de Wet
Group: BlackGEM

Simon de Wet Erez Zimmerman report/s a classification of object: SN 2024abfo

Type: SN II

Remarks: We classify AT2024abfo as a young Type II supernova in NGC 1493 due to the presence of a broad P-Cygni H-alpha feature.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2024-11-16 18:19:32
Instrument: Mookodi
Telescope: Lesedi 1m

Remarks: The spectrum was obtained with the fully-robotic SAAO 1-m Lesedi telescope equipped with the Mookodi low-resolution (R~172) spectrograph and imager. We acknowledge the SAAO IO team including S. Potter, N. Erasmus, C. van Gend, S. Chandra, H. Worters, M. Hlakola and R. Julie for their role in these making these observations possible.

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024abfo