Classification certificate for object 2020zs
TNS Classification Report No. 5933 [ 2020TNSCR.180....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-18 15:50:55
Sender: Dr. Christian Vogl
Group: adH0cc

A. Floers, C. Vogl, S. Taubenberger, W. Hillebrandt, S. Suyu (MPA Garching), B. Leibundgut, J. Spyromilio (ESO), S. J. Smartt, M. Dobson (QUB), R. Kotak (Turku), R. Bruch, A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann) report/s a classification of object: SN 2020zs

Type: SN II
Redshift: 0.0458

Remarks: An optical spectrum of SN 2020zs, obtained on the night of 2020 January 17 with the ESO Very Large Telescope UT1 equipped with the FORS2 spectrograph and grism 300V, shows a blue continuum with prominent P-Cygni lines of hydrogen and helium superimposed. Weak lines of Fe II are already visible. From the spectroscopic appearance and the photometric constraints, we estimate a phase about 2 weeks after explosion.

The following Classification spectrum was provided:

Obsdate: 2020-01-18 04:13:48
Instrument: FORS2
Telescope: The Very Large Telescope - UT1

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