TNS Classification Report No. 9142 [ 2021TNSCR.813....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-03-18 04:56:49
Sender: Saurabh W. Jha
Group: SIRAH

Saurabh W. Jha (Rutgers), David Sand (Arizona), Stefano Valenti (UC Davis), Daichi Hiramatsu (UCSB), Danièl Groenewald (SALT/SAAO) report/s a classification of object: SN 2021fxy

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.0094

Remarks: Young SN Ia

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2021-03-18 02:44:04
Instrument: RSS
Telescope: Southern African Large Telescope

Remarks: Young SN Ia; adopting host NGC 5018 redshift z = 0.0094 (via NED) yields Si II velocity of -18,000 km/s

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021fxy