TNS Classification Report No. 11921 [ 2022TNSCR.430....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-02-17 09:59:48
Sender: Orapeleng Mogawana
Group: MeerLICHT

Orapeleng Mogawana (University of Cape Town, South African Astronomical Observatory), Paul Groot (Radboud University Nijmegen, University of Cape Town, South African Astronomical Observatory) report/s a classification of object: SN 2022aqq

Type: SN II
Redshift: 0.02372

Remarks: Template analysis of spectra using SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007) gives the best matches to SNe II at a phase of ~14 days post-peak with redshift taken from the host galaxy.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2022-02-09 20:32:27
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: The spectrum was taken with a Cassegrain Spectrograph (SpUpNIC) on the South African Astronomical Observatory's 74-inch telescope using a grating of 7 and a grating angle of 16.2.

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2022aqq