TNS Classification Report No. 18361 [ 2024TNSCR3949....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-10 01:06:46
Sender: Jacob Wise
Group: ZTF

Jacob Wise (LJMU), K-Ryan Hinds (LJMU), Daniel Perley (LJMU), R. Michael Rich (UCLA) report/s a classification of object: SN 2024vik

Type: SN II
Redshift: 0.035404

Remarks: Spectrum displays broad H-alpha consistent with the event being a SN II. Redshift of z = 0.035404 ± 0.000410 from The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: The ALFALFA Extragalactic H I Source Catalog (Haynes et al. 2018).

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2024-10-08 07:47:08
Instrument: KAST
Telescope: 3m Lick Shane Reflector

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