TNS Classification Report No. 6063 [ 2020TNSCR.403....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-05 18:47:51
Sender: Daichi Hiramatsu
Group: Global SN Project

Daichi Hiramatsu, Iair Arcavi, Jamison Burke, D. Andrew Howell, Curtis McCully, Craig Pellegrino, Stefano Valenti report/s a classification of object: SN 2020bvc

Type: SN
Redshift: 0.025235

Remarks: The blue featureless continuum and the absolute magnitude at the discovery of -18.1 suggest a young core-collapse supernova. The narrow features come from the host galaxy (z = 0.025235; 2004SDSS3.C…0000).

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-02-05 13:08:02
Instrument: FLOYDS-N
Telescope: Faulkes Telescope North

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