Classification certificate for object 2019abn
TNS Classification Report No. 3608 [ 2019TNSCR.328....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-05 21:23:52
Sender: Jamison Burke
Group: Global SN Project

Jamison Burke, D. Andrew Howell, Iair Arcavi, Daichi Hiramatsu, Curtis McCully, Stefano Valenti report/s a classification of object: AT 2019abn

Type: ILRT
Redshift: 0.001544

Remarks: The object is not seen in archival SDSS images and the spectrum displays a red continuum with hydrogen emission at the redshift of M51, its host (z = 0.001544; NED). Photometry from LCO shows that the object has an i-band absolute magnitude of about -13 (m_i = 16.4). Because of the absolute magnitude and spectral shape, we classify the object as an intermediate luminosity red transient (ILRT).

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2019-03-02 14:19:12
Instrument: FLOYDS-N
Telescope: Faulkes Telescope North

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019abn