TNS Classification Report No. 20283 [ 2025TNSCR.432....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-31 06:45:16
Sender: Saurabh W. Jha
Group: DLT40

Saurabh W. Jha, M. Mogotsi, S. Valenti, D. J. Sand, M. Lundquist, J. E. Andrews, E. Hoang, M. Shrestha, Y. Dong, D. Janzen, G. Hosseinzadeh, J. Pearson, N. Meza, K. A. Bostroem, D. Mehta, A. Ravi, A. Martas report/s a classification of object: SN 2025akv

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.025

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2025-01-31 00:28:41
Instrument: RSS
Telescope: Southern African Large Telescope

Remarks: Type Ia supernova near maximum light. Expansion velocity is 12,200 km/s based on the minimum of the Si II 635.5 nm absorption. The slit was placed through the likely host galaxy to the east of the SN position, yielding a redshift of z = 0.025, consistent with the supernova spectral features. There is significant reddening from the Milky Way.

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025akv