TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 74720 [ 2020TNSTR1867....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-21 21:38:48
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 2020ndo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abgverg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:57:00.906 (209.2537744) DEC = -14:52:37.33 (-14.8770371)
Discovery date: 2020-06-21 05:05:54.004 (JD=2459021.7124306)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J135700.82-145237.5

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abgverg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-21 05:05:54.004
Flux: 20.4033 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-18 05:35:40
Limiting flux: 20.1308 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/2020ndo