TNS Classification Report No. 8119 [ 2020TNSCR3717....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-08 16:00:30
Sender: Aaron Do
Group: SCAT

Aaron Do (IfA, UH Manoa) on behalf of the SCAT team report/s a classification of object: SN 2020yae

Type: SN II
Redshift: 0.09

Remarks: The H alpha feature implies a redshift of z ~ 0.09. This leads to a distance modulus of about 38, and an absolute magnitude of about -19.5 at discovery.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-12-08 14:09:58
Instrument: SNIFS
Telescope: UH 88inch

Remarks: Reduced with a summit-based quick-reduction pipeline. Only red channel available.

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