TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57526 [ 2020TNSTR..13....1F ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-02 17:15:41
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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 2020ap
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aabcouv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:45:22.602 (56.3441752) DEC = +04:16:13.11 (4.2703085)
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 04:24:18.000 (JD=2458850.6835417)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J034522.64+041608.7
Host redshift: 0.04
Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.11+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aabcouv
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 04:24:18.000
Flux: 18.8739 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-02 03:07:06
Limiting flux: 19.0569 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/2020ap
Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-02 17:15:41
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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 2020ap
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aabcouv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:45:22.602 (56.3441752) DEC = +04:16:13.11 (4.2703085)
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 04:24:18.000 (JD=2458850.6835417)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J034522.64+041608.7
Host redshift: 0.04
Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.11+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aabcouv
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 04:24:18.000
Flux: 18.8739 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-02 03:07:06
Limiting flux: 19.0569 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/2020ap