TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68034 [ 2020TNSTR1053....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-17 18:25:12
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, 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 2020hqm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aavecmu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:10:11.406 (107.5475238) DEC = +11:31:25.22 (11.52367355)
Discovery date: 2020-04-17 03:58:17.999 (JD=2458956.6654861)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J071010.90+113126.1

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aavecmu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-17 03:58:17.999
Flux: 19.2111 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/2020hqm