TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60664 [ 2020TNSTR.320....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-30 21:34:47
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, 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 2020blp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aakmbql
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:23:32.709 (140.8862893) DEC = +22:56:20.05 (22.9389039)
Discovery date: 2020-01-30 07:11:29.000 (JD=2458878.7996412)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J092332.59+225622.0
Host redshift: 0.213

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.14+-0.05 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aakmbql

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-30 07:11:29.000
Flux: 20.2351 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-30 06:29:01
Limiting flux: 19.9938 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/2020blp