Classification certificate for object 2011de
TNS Classification Report No. 2089 [ 2018TNSCR.783....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-06-08 22:06:10
Sender: Mr. Dave Balam
Group: DAO_OTS

Dave Balam report/s a classification of object: SN 2011de

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.031

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2011-05-28 06:25:12
Instrument: Plaskett
Telescope: Dominion AStrophysical Observatory

Remarks: D. D. Balam, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, National Research Council of Canada (NRCC); M. L. Graham, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope, University of California at Santa Barbara; E. Y. Hsiao, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; G. Sarty, University of Saskatchewan; and D. W. E. Green, Harvard University, report that a spectrogram (range 382-714 nm, resolution 0.3 nm) of PSN J15435325+6745425 = SN 2011de, obtained on May 28.28 UT with the 1.82-m Plaskett Telescope of the NRCC, shows it to be a type-Ia supernova before maximum light. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) indicates that 2011de is most similar to the type-Ia supernova 2003du at one week before maximum light.

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2011de