TNS Classification Report No. 8165 [ 2020TNSCR3769....1V ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-12 16:49:28
Sender: Christian Vogl
Group: adH0cc

C. Vogl, A. Floers, S. Taubenberger, G. Csoernyei, M. G. Cudmani, A. Holas, W. Hillebrandt, S. H. Suyu (MPA Garching), B. Leibundgut, J. Spyromilio (ESO), S. J. Smartt, M. Dobson (QUB), R. Kotak (Turku), R. Bruch, A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann), C. Lemon (Lausanne) report/s a classification of object: SN 2020acae

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.09

Remarks: The spectrum is similar to those of normal Type Ia supernovae. According to GELATO (Harutyunyan et al., 2008), the spectrum is most similar to that of SN 2003du about a day before maximum. The redshift has been determined through template matching with GELATO.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-12-12 07:13:37
Instrument: FORS2
Telescope: The Very Large Telescope - UT1

Remarks: Quick reduction file, telluric corrected

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2020acae