TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 66041 [ 2020TNSTR.960....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-04 16:59:11
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, 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 2020fxa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aauowam
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:34:33.036 (233.6376508) DEC = +37:32:01.85 (37.53384655)
Discovery date: 2020-04-04 11:00:17.001 (JD=2458943.9585301)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J153433.10+373155.6
Host redshift: 0.064391

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aauowam

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-04 11:00:17.001
Flux: 20.1138 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-02 12:00:15
Limiting flux: 20.5968 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/2020fxa