TNS Classification Report No. 8018 [ 2020TNSCR3471....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-16 23:03:45
Sender: Shubham Srivastav
Group: None

S. Srivastav, S. J. Smartt, O. McBrien, K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, J. Gillanders report/s a classification of object: AT 2020ypu

Type: Nova

Remarks: Nova in M31, reached M ~ -7.5 in the ATLAS o-band light curve.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-11-06 23:52:16
Instrument: SPRAT
Telescope: Liverpool Telescope

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