Classification certificate for object 2020erg
TNS Classification Report No. 6406 [ 2020TNSCR.861....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-23 14:20:53
Sender: Dr. Michael Tucker
Group: SCAT

M A Tucker, A V Payne, J Hinkle, A Do, M E Huber, B J Shappee (IfA, UH Manoa) report/s a classification of object: SN 2020erg

Type: SN Ia
Redshift: 0.051

Remarks: Normal SN Ia near maximum light. Redshift from the host galaxy and the age is estimated via cross-correlation with SNID (Blondin and Tonry 2007).

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-03-23 09:39:19
Instrument: SNIFS
Telescope: UH 88inch

Remarks: Reduced with a summit-based quick reduction pipeline.

Details of the object and its spectra can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020erg