TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 72168 [ 2020TNSTR1576....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-27 19:58:03
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, 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 2020lfn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abccixp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:26:56.893 (246.7370532) DEC = +20:14:45.42 (20.2459513)
Discovery date: 2020-05-27 06:32:44.002 (JD=2458996.7727315)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J162656.94+201447.8
Host redshift: 0.037

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.38+-0.20 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abccixp

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-27 06:32:44.002
Flux: 20.3854 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-26 07:34:11
Limiting flux: 20.9119 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/2020lfn