TNS Classification Report No. 8173 [ 2020TNSCR3788....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-14 16:01:53
Sender: Ken Smith
Group: SCAT

Ken Smith, Lluís Galbany, Mark Huber report/s a classification of object: SN 2020acmr

Type: SN II-pec
Redshift: 0.04

Remarks: Spectrum matches possibly a young 1987A-like SN or young SN IIb. However, using the ATLAS Forced Photometry server to get a lightcurve indicates that the object has been slowly rising for 9 days. Have chosen type II-pec for the time being.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-12-13 09:00:00
Instrument: SNIFS
Telescope: UH 88inch

Remarks: The spectrum was obtained by the Spectral Classification of Astronomical Transients group at UH IfA.

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