TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61744 [ 2020TNSTR.466....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-13 20:32:19
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: AT 2020ckx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aanadud
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:50:47.293 (282.69705295) DEC = +26:29:37.92 (26.4938662)
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 12:37:57.000 (JD=2458893.0263542)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J190129.23+632120.7
Host redshift: 0.126

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aanadud

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 12:37:57.000
Flux: 18.749 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020ckx