Classification certificate for object 2017fbq
TNS Classification Report No. 1065 [ 2017TNSCR.729....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-02 20:43:24
Sender: Dr. Griffin Hosseinzadeh
Group: Global SN Project

Griffin Hosseinzadeh, D. Andrew Howell, Iair Arcavi, Curtis McCully, Stefano Valenti report/s a classification of object: SN 2017fbq

Type: SN II
Redshift: 0.015

Remarks: Using Superfit (Howell et al. 2005, ApJ, 634, 1190), we find a good fit to the Type II SN 2005cs 6 days after maximum light at redshift z=0.015.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2017-06-30 10:44:06
Instrument: FLOYDS-S
Telescope: Faulkes Telescope South

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017fbq