TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62423 [ 2020TNSTR.577....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-21 20:08:57
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 2020dbn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaqbach
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:28:08.686 (187.0361906) DEC = +20:10:41.30 (20.1781382)
Discovery date: 2020-02-21 10:30:01.000 (JD=2458900.9375116)

Potential host galaxy: LSBC F574-03
Host redshift: 0.022606

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.47+-0.20 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaqbach

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-21 10:30:01.000
Flux: 20.2678 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-20 10:35:02
Limiting flux: 20.7411 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/2020dbn