TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77688 [ 2020TNSTR2150....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-16 20:02:41
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, 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 2020pnd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abmcbrm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:23:32.825 (5.8867729) DEC = +54:19:02.04 (54.3172327)
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 09:42:34.001 (JD=2459046.9045602)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J002332.87+541901.8

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abmcbrm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 09:42:34.001
Flux: 20.535 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-15 11:09:16
Limiting flux: 20.5379 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/2020pnd