TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 81503 [ 2020TNSTR2741....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-07 19:42:58
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 2020sts
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abysgkm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:46:02.698 (251.5112436) DEC = +51:52:02.97 (51.86749145)
Discovery date: 2020-09-07 03:44:26.002 (JD=2459099.6558565)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J164602.50+515205.8
Host redshift: 0.127

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abysgkm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-07 03:44:26.002
Flux: 20.0089 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-03 04:20:09
Limiting flux: 19.6153 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/2020sts