TNS Classification Report No. 16515 [ 2024TNSCR.363....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-06 09:34:17
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Group: SGLF

I. Pérez-Fournon, F. Poidevin (IAC & ULL), C. Jiménez Angel (GRANTECAN), S. Geier (GRANTECAN, IAC, and ULL), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), and R. Shirley (MPE) report/s a classification of object: SN 2024bks

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.019807

Remarks: SN Ia close to maximum light at a projected distance of 45 kpc from ESO 508- G 008, a galaxy with spectroscopic redshift of z = 0.019807 +/- 0.000043 (Ogando et al. 2008, AJ, 135, 2424). See also Smith et al. 2024 (AstroNote 2024-39). Location of SN 2024bks on the DESI Legacy Surveys imaging: https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=196.840132143&dec=-27.3753378571&zoom=14&layer=ls-dr10&mark=196.840132143,-27.3753378571

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2024-02-06 03:57:15
Instrument: SPRAT
Telescope: Liverpool Telescope

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