TNS Classification Report No. 22851 [ 2026TNSCR.320....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-01-24 10:37:18
Sender: Miika Pursiainen
Group: GOTO

M. Pursiainen, P. Charalampopoulos, T. Killestein, K. Ackley, M. J. Dyer, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, S. Belkin, D. Steeghs, D. K. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. P. Breton, L. K. Nuttall, D. Pollacco, J. Casares Vel'azquez, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s a classification of object: SN 2026ayz

Type: SN Ia-91T-like
Redshift: 0.009

Remarks: Good template matches to young Type Ia-91T-like SNe. In absence of clear host galaxy lines, the redshift is based on the template matching and is thus approximate.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2026-01-24 02:54:39
Instrument: ALFOSC
Telescope: Nordic Optical Telescope

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026ayz