TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 73966 [ 2020TNSTR1791....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-14 21:16:35
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: SN 2020mop
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abeyqmx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:23:00.127 (200.7505307) DEC = -01:48:16.97 (-1.8047139)
Discovery date: 2020-06-14 04:44:26.998 (JD=2459014.6975347)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J132300.91-014815.1
Host redshift: 0.0759

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.06+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abeyqmx

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-14 04:44:26.998
Flux: 19.5426 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-09 04:04:46
Limiting flux: 19.891 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/2020mop