TNS Classification Report No. 1734 [ 2018TNSCR.230....1P ]
Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-16 22:21:11 Sender: ePESSTO_Bot1
Group: ePESSTO
J. Palmerio, K. Smith, E. Kankare, O. Yaron, N. Knezevic on behalf of ePESSTO report/s a classification of object: AT 2018ts
Type: OtherRedshift: 0.026
Remarks: The spectrum shows ~3600 km/s Balmer emission lines which likely arise from an AGN host. However, a circum-nuclear Type II supernova or a TDE are not fully excluded.
The following Classification spectrum was provided:
Obsdate: 2018-02-16 08:27:25
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/2018ts
Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-16 22:21:11 Sender: ePESSTO_Bot1
Group: ePESSTO
J. Palmerio, K. Smith, E. Kankare, O. Yaron, N. Knezevic on behalf of ePESSTO report/s a classification of object: AT 2018ts
Type: OtherRedshift: 0.026
Remarks: The spectrum shows ~3600 km/s Balmer emission lines which likely arise from an AGN host. However, a circum-nuclear Type II supernova or a TDE are not fully excluded.
The following Classification spectrum was provided:
Obsdate: 2018-02-16 08:27:25
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/2018ts