TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78910 [ 2020TNSTR2329....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-30 23:50:38
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz Arancibia, L. Hernandez-Garcia, M. Catelan, C. Valenzuela, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, A. Mourao, 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, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020qna
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abpgnos
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:48:25.181 (312.10491932) DEC = +29:45:04.83 (29.75134084)
Discovery date: 2020-07-29 07:47:12.998 (JD=2459059.824456)


Remarks: Fast rising transient (g-rise=1.6 mag/day, r-rise=2.1 mag/day)

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-29 07:47:12.998
Flux: 19.2722 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-27 08:26:26
Limiting flux: 20.6183 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/2020qna