TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80881 [ 2020TNSTR2638....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-28 21:53:42
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, L. Hernandez-Garcia, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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 2020sen
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abvxsew
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:18:16.027 (19.56677825) DEC = -03:37:35.80 (-3.62661245)
Discovery date: 2020-08-28 09:00:09.996 (JD=2459089.8751157)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J011815.89-033735.9
Host redshift: 0.139

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abvxsew

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-28 09:00:09.996
Flux: 20.0912 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-14 10:53:45
Limiting flux: 20.4861 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/2020sen