TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60907 [ 2020TNSTR.359....1P ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-02 19:06:17
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: SN 2020bqt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aalmeaj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:49:07.000 (117.2791663) DEC = +12:05:28.60 (12.091279)
Discovery date: 2020-02-02 06:28:26.000 (JD=2458881.7697454)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J074906.89+120533.5
Host redshift: 0.035
Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.85+-0.12 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aalmeaj
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-02 06:28:26.000
Flux: 19.4333 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-01 05:34:57
Limiting flux: 20.1599 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/2020bqt
Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-02 19:06:17
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: SN 2020bqt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aalmeaj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:49:07.000 (117.2791663) DEC = +12:05:28.60 (12.091279)
Discovery date: 2020-02-02 06:28:26.000 (JD=2458881.7697454)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J074906.89+120533.5
Host redshift: 0.035
Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.85+-0.12 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aalmeaj
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-02 06:28:26.000
Flux: 19.4333 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-01 05:34:57
Limiting flux: 20.1599 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/2020bqt