TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59197 [ 2020TNSTR.182....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-19 19:08:40
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: AT 2020agw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abjriwu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:34:02.136 (38.5088981) DEC = -04:26:44.18 (-4.4456044)
Discovery date: 2020-01-19 02:32:56.000 (JD=2458867.6062037)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J023402.20-042643.9
Host redshift: 0.136

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF19abjriwu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-19 02:32:56.000
Flux: 19.7394 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-14 04:47:26
Limiting flux: 19.971 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/2020agw