TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68715 [ 2020TNSTR1115....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-24 21:09:17
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 2020icu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aavvpdy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:50:32.786 (177.6366087) DEC = -02:06:17.00 (-2.1047209)
Discovery date: 2020-04-24 05:02:41.997 (JD=2458963.7102083)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J115032.78-020616.9
Host redshift: 0.156478

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aavvpdy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-24 05:02:41.997
Flux: 19.9867 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-15 06:33:06
Limiting flux: 20.3879 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/2020icu