TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61225 [ 2020TNSTR.405....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-06 20:51:03
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, 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 2020byp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aamdyln
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:09:19.663 (242.3319294) DEC = +15:49:20.29 (15.8223018)
Discovery date: 2020-02-06 13:01:18.000 (JD=2458886.0425694)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J160919.57+154920.7
Host redshift: 0.041

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aamdyln

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-06 13:01:18.000
Flux: 19.9091 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-06 11:09:34
Limiting flux: 19.1358 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2020byp