Classification certificate for object 2020esa
TNS Classification Report No. 6403 [ 2020TNSCR.861....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-23 08:40:05
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: AT 2020esa

Type: CV

Remarks: Blue continuum with Halpha in emission and Hbeta+Hgamma in absorption at z=0 consistent with a CV in outburst.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-03-23 06:36:26
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/2020esa