TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62505 [ 2020TNSTR.589....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-22 16:48:53
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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 2020ddf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaqgivg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:43:37.256 (160.9052331) DEC = +12:30:06.30 (12.501751)
Discovery date: 2020-02-22 08:58:35.000 (JD=2458901.8740162)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J104336.91+123010.9
Host redshift: 0.196

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaqgivg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-22 08:58:35.000
Flux: 20.402 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-21 07:58:37
Limiting flux: 20.5005 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/2020ddf