TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78659 [ 2020TNSTR2274....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-26 20:11:07
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 2020qhq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abowrff
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:14:56.721 (33.7363384) DEC = -06:49:33.33 (-6.825926)
Discovery date: 2020-07-26 10:35:51.000 (JD=2459056.9415625)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J021456.59-064931.5
Host redshift: 0.091

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abowrff

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-26 10:35:51.000
Flux: 19.1106 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020qhq