TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 76165 [ 2020TNSTR2075....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-10 21:55:55
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, A. Mourao, 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 2020ohp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abkdwzw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:03:37.631 (180.9067976) DEC = +28:28:30.42 (28.47511635)
Discovery date: 2020-07-10 04:56:45.001 (JD=2459040.7060764)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J120337.98+282829.8
Host redshift: 0.136727

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abkdwzw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-10 04:56:45.001
Flux: 19.7635 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-07 05:37:52
Limiting flux: 18.5938 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/2020ohp