Classification certificate for object 2018ec
TNS Classification Report No. 1622 [ 2018TNSCR..48....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-01-12 20:18:11
Sender: ePESSTO (ePESSTO_Bot1)
Group: ePESSTO

M. Berton, F. Bufano, A. Floers, S. Taubenberger, C. Vogl, O. Yaron, N. Knezevic on behalf of ePESSTO report/s a classification of object: SN 2018ec

Type: SN Ic
Redshift: 0.009

Remarks: Strongly affected by host contamination, and roughly 3 to 4 mag of extinction in the V band.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2018-01-12 06:20:13
Instrument: EFOSC2-NTT
Telescope: The ESO New Technology Telescope

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018ec