TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77755 [ 2020TNSTR2159....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-17 21:34:21
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 2020pos
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abmkpdr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:32:36.937 (23.153904) DEC = +06:01:48.53 (6.0301462)
Discovery date: 2020-07-17 10:08:06.003 (JD=2459047.9222917)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J013236.75+060151.2
Host redshift: 0.044

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abmkpdr

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-17 10:08:06.003
Flux: 20.625 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-16 11:30:55
Limiting flux: 20.4461 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/2020pos