Classification certificate for object 2020acei
TNS Classification Report No. 8227 [ 2020TNSCR3810....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-16 21:23:21
Sender: Geza Csornyei
Group: adH0cc

S. Taubenberger, G. Csoernyei, C. Vogl, A. Floers, M. G. Cudmani, A. Holas, W. Hillebrandt, S. H. Suyu (MPA Garching), B. Leibundgut, J. Spyromilio (ESO), S. J. Smartt, M. Dobson (QUB), R. Kotak (Turku), R. Bruch, A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann), C. Lemon (Lausanne) report/s a classification of object: SN 2020acei

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.082

Remarks: The spectrum is similar to those of normal Type Ia supernovae. According to GELATO (Harutyunyan et al., 2008), the spectrum is most similar to that of SN 2003kf 4 to 6 days before maximum. The redshift was determined from faint O III and H alpha emission of the host galaxy.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-12-16 06:50:12
Instrument: FORS2
Telescope: The Very Large Telescope - UT1

Remarks: Quick-reduction spectrum, telluric corrected

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020acei