TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61746 [ 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 2020ckz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aanadwc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:17:32.146 (289.3839424) DEC = +47:27:30.43 (47.458452)
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 12:42:30.000 (JD=2458893.0295139)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J18504691+2629370

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aanadwc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 12:42:30.000
Flux: 19.7276 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/2020ckz