TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62330 [ 2020TNSTR.562....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-20 17:28:21
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 2020czc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aapoqrh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:51:18.655 (207.8277309) DEC = -06:18:59.94 (-6.3166493)
Discovery date: 2020-02-20 11:05:06.000 (JD=2458899.961875)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J135118.68-061859.6

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aapoqrh

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-20 11:05:06.000
Flux: 20.315 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-16 12:59:57
Limiting flux: 20.0411 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/2020czc