TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58927 [ 2020TNSTR.153....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-16 20:06:03
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, J. Arredondo, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, E. Reyes, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, C. Valenzuela, E. Castillo, D. Ruz-Mieres, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, F.E. Bauer, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020aar
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aafvzhu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:09:37.277 (32.405322) DEC = +15:17:45.11 (15.2958625)
Discovery date: 2020-01-16 03:22:39.000 (JD=2458864.6407292)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J020936.89+151745.8
Host redshift: 0.055

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.76+-0.05 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aafvzhu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-16 03:22:39.000
Flux: 19.1666 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-15 02:00:34
Limiting flux: 20.2275 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020aar