TNS Classification Report No. 16444 [ 2024TNSCR.187....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-17 10:40:48
Sender: Orapeleng Mogawana
Group: MeerLICHT

Orapeleng Mogawana(UCT/SAAO), Nicolas Erasmus (SAAO) report/s a classification of object: SN 2024act

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.0212

Remarks: Spectral template matching using SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007) shows a good match with a normal type Ia supernova observed approximately 12 days before maximum brightness. The reported redshift is estimated from SNID.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2024-01-16 02:12:19
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: The spectrum was taken with the SAAO's 1-m Lesedi-MOOKODI low-resolution spectrograph and imager using a 4" slit width and an average spectral resolution of R = 172 at 4671.23 Angstrom.

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024act