TNS Classification Report No. 7312 [ 2020TNSCR2505....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-15 05:36:49
Sender: Maximilian Stritzinger
Group: None

Maximilian Stritzinger (Aarhus), Chris Ashall (Hawaii) report/s a classification of object: SN 2020qxp

Type: SN Ia

Remarks: A spectrum obtained with the Nordic Optical Telescope equipped with ALFOSC indicates that SN 2020gxp is a Type-Ia supernova around maximum light. The spectrum is similar to other transitional Type Ia supernova such as SN 2007on. The spectrum exhibits prevalent features associated with O-I and the Ca-II near-infrared triplet.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-08-14 21:36:00
Instrument: ALFOSC
Telescope: Nordic Optical Telescope

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