TNS Classification Report No. 15220 [ 2023TNSCR1690....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-07-16 12:22:10
Sender: Orapeleng Mogawana
Group: MeerLICHT

Orapeleng Mogawana(UCT/SAAO), Simon de Wet (UCT/SAAO) report/s a classification of object: SN 2023msy

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.0267

Remarks: Spectral template matching using SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007) shows a good match with a normal type Ia supernova observed approximately 9 days before maximum brightness. The reported redshift is estimated from SNID.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2023-07-12 01:04:21
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: The spectrum was obtained using the Cassegrain Spectrograph (SpUpNIC) on the SAAO's 74-inch (1.9-m) telescope using a grating of 7 and a grating angle of 16.2 with an average spectral resolution of 300.

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