TNS Classification Report No. 14899 [ 2023TNSCR1127....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-05-16 09:44:47
Sender: Orapeleng Mogawana
Group: MeerLICHT

Orapeleng Mogawana(UCT/SAAO), Paul Groot (Radboud/UCT/SAAO) report/s a classification of object: SN 2023bbd

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.043

Remarks: Our supernova template matching analysis using SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007) suggests this is a normal Type Ia supernova, observed at 6-10 post maximum brightness. The reported redshift is adopted from SNID.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2023-02-01 02:02:11
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: The spectrum was taken with the SAAO's 1-m Lesedi-MOOKODI low-resolution spectrograph and imager using a 2" slit and an average spectral resolution of R = 374.4.

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023bbd