TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 76055 [ 2020TNSTR2068....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-09 13:24:18
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 2020ofi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abjwujl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:00:30.760 (270.1281654) DEC = +23:39:50.24 (23.6639557)
Discovery date: 2020-07-08 05:27:26.004 (JD=2459038.7273843)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J180030.55+233949.9
Host redshift: 0.09

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abjwujl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-08 05:27:26.004
Flux: 20.4173 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-05 07:58:23
Limiting flux: 19.6601 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/2020ofi