TNS Classification Report No. 23216 [ 2026TNSCR1099....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-15 18:27:01
Sender: SAGUARO_Bot1
Group: AZTEC

Noah Franz (U. Arizona), Jeniveve Pearson (U. Arizona), Neev Shah (U. Arizona), David Sand (U. Arizona), Kate D. Alexander (U. Arizona) report/s a classification of object: SN 2026ekf

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.15

Remarks: Using SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024) and SNID-SAGE (Stoppa, F., in prep) we find a good fit to a normal SN Ia at z=0.150. The closest template match is the SN Ia 2008Z.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2026-03-15 07:50:07
Instrument: BC-Bok
Telescope: Bok Telescope

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026ekf