Classification certificate for object 2018exb
TNS Classification Report No. 2517 [ 2018TNSCR1183....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-15 11:47:10
Sender: Prof. Subo Dong
Group: None

M. Stritzinger, S. Dong, J. Fynbo, K. Alizai, C. Gomez, F. Haidari, M. Malloy, P. S. Rehal, D. Slumstrup, S. B. Svendsen report/s a classification of object: SN 2018exb

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.047

Remarks: SNID indicates decent matches with spectra of SN 2006gr and SN 2007F obtained around a week before maximum. Host red-shift of z=0.047 comes from The 6dF Galaxy Survey Data Release 3 (Jones et al. 2009, MNRAS, 399, 683). We note that SNID suggests a host redshift of z=0.022.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2018-08-15 02:24:00
Instrument: ALFOSC
Telescope: Nordic Optical Telescope

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018exb