TNS Classification Report No. 2801 [ 2018TNSCR1437....1P ]
Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-23 12:07:35 Sender: Simon Prentice
Group: None
S. J. Prentice (QUB) report/s a classification of object: SN 2018gsk
Type: SN IcRedshift: 0.0116
Remarks: Using Gelato (Harutyunyan et al., 2008, A&A, 488, 383) and DASH (https://github.com/daniel-muthukrishna/astrodash), the transient spectrum matches several pre-peak SNe Ic-6/7 (Prentice & Mazzali, 2017). The best match is to Ic-7 SN 2005az less than a week before maximum light.
The following Classification spectrum was provided:
Obsdate: 2018-09-23 05:37:55
Instrument: SPRAT
Telescope: Liverpool Telescope
Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018gsk
Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-23 12:07:35 Sender: Simon Prentice
Group: None
S. J. Prentice (QUB) report/s a classification of object: SN 2018gsk
Type: SN IcRedshift: 0.0116
Remarks: Using Gelato (Harutyunyan et al., 2008, A&A, 488, 383) and DASH (https://github.com/daniel-muthukrishna/astrodash), the transient spectrum matches several pre-peak SNe Ic-6/7 (Prentice & Mazzali, 2017). The best match is to Ic-7 SN 2005az less than a week before maximum light.
The following Classification spectrum was provided:
Obsdate: 2018-09-23 05:37:55
Instrument: SPRAT
Telescope: Liverpool Telescope
Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018gsk