Classification certificate for object 2020whv
TNS Classification Report No. 7765 [ 2020TNSCR3227....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-23 01:27:00
Sender: Dr. Giacomo Terreran
Group: None

Giacomo Terreran report/s a classification of object: SN 2020whv

Type: SN II
Redshift: 0.097

Remarks: The spectrum shows a blue continuum with possibly broad features from the Balmer series. We measure a tentative expansion velocity of 8400 km/s from the minimum of the Hbeta shallow absorption. The redshift is measured from narrow lines coming from the host galaxy.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-10-22 11:35:01
Instrument: BINOSPEC
Telescope: MMT Observatory 6.5m

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