TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61445 [ 2020TNSTR.430....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-09 19:24:18
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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 2020cdp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aammbrw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:09:48.677 (167.4528203) DEC = +00:48:15.63 (0.8043409)
Discovery date: 2020-02-09 06:34:09.000 (JD=2458888.7737153)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J110948.67+004815.8
Host redshift: 0.063022

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.13+-0.03 mag/day, r-rise > 0.12+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aammbrw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-09 06:34:09.000
Flux: 18.9299 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-07 10:32:08
Limiting flux: 19.3969 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/2020cdp