TNS Classification Report No. 15853 [ 2023TNSCR2722....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-25 18:11:44
Sender: Panos Charalampopoulos
Group: None

A. Bobrikova, A. Bocharova, E. Georgiou, J. Hiltunen, S. Kanto, P. Charalampopoulos, C. Humina, T. Kangas, K. Matilainen, J. Thiim Gadeberg, E. Kankare, S. Mattila report/s a classification of object: SN 2023vbx

Type: SN IIn
Redshift: 0.033

Remarks: Redshift derived from SNID (Blondin and Tonry 2007 2007ApJ...666.1024B) fit. The light-curve is rising. At the last ZTF g-band detection (m=18.4, MJD=60241.4), the above redshift would imply an absolute magnitude of M~ -17.4.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2023-10-24 23:44:24
Instrument: ALFOSC
Telescope: Nordic Optical Telescope

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