TNS Classification Report No. 14824 [ 2023TNSCR.985....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-05-01 18:15:00
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 2023gfx

Type: SN Ia-91T-like
Redshift: 0.05

Remarks: Several matches with SN Ia-91T one week before maximum light were obtained using SNID (e.g., SN2005hj at t = -4d). Redshift from the SNID template matching.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2023-05-01 00:38:43
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/2023gfx