TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70085 [ 2020TNSTR1271....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-09 20:20:56
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 2020jio
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aayvycp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:58:10.877 (254.54532175) DEC = +46:53:47.96 (46.89665675)
Discovery date: 2020-05-09 07:26:38.999 (JD=2458978.8101736)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J165810.69+465345.5
Host redshift: 0.052

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.30+-0.03 mag/day, r-rise > 0.14+-0.03 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aayvycp

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-09 07:26:38.999
Flux: 19.6652 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-08 09:58:35
Limiting flux: 19.1764 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2020jio