TNS Classification Report No. 14654 [ 2023TNSCR.766....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-04-11 13:56:11
Sender: Michael Fulton
Group: OxQUB

M. Fulton, S. Srivastav, M. Nicholl, K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, T. Moore, J. Weston, S. A. Sim (QUB), S. J. Smartt (Oxford/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB) report/s a classification of object: SN 2023esp

Type: SN IIn
Redshift: 0.01

Remarks: Several matches with SNe Iin at around two weeks before maximum light were obtained using SNID (e.g., SN1998S at t = -13d). Redshift from the SNID template matching.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2023-04-09 20:53:07
Instrument: SPRAT
Telescope: Liverpool Telescope

Remarks: Spectrum was obtained with SPRAT on the Liverpool Telescope and reduced using the integrated quick reduction pipeline.

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