TNS Classification Report No. 18472 [ 2024TNSCR4154....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-25 13:33:12
Sender: Tuomas Kangas
Group: None

Aiman Hanif, Jami Koskinen, Stina Peteri, Timo Kravtsov, Tuomas Kangas, Erkki Kankare, Katja Matilainen (University of Turku), Niilo Koivisto (NOT) report/s a classification of object: SN 2024zao

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.038

Remarks: The classification is based on SNID (Blondin & Tonry 2007), which shows a good fit to a normal SN Ia a few days before the light-curve peak. The redshift is based on the spectrum of the host galaxy from SDSS.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2024-10-25 04:54:57
Instrument: ALFOSC
Telescope: Nordic Optical Telescope

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