TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 72172 [ 2020TNSTR1576....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-27 19:58:03
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 2020lfr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abbzjrc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:51:50.492 (147.9603842) DEC = +05:46:57.87 (5.7827426)
Discovery date: 2020-05-27 03:55:58.999 (JD=2458996.6638773)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J095150.49+054655.5
Host redshift: 0.090205

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.14+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abbzjrc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-27 03:55:58.999
Flux: 19.2802 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-18 05:09:36
Limiting flux: 20.2959 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/2020lfr