TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82085 [ 2020TNSTR2789....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-14 17:55:57
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 2020tfn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abzcfqn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:20:56.775 (20.23656325) DEC = +19:39:15.12 (19.65420035)
Discovery date: 2020-09-14 09:05:09.001 (JD=2459106.8785764)

Potential host galaxy: WHL J012056.8+193901
Host redshift: 0.0805

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.08+-0.01 mag/day, r-rise > 0.14+-0.06 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abzcfqn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-14 09:05:09.001
Flux: 19.4268 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-12 09:57:49
Limiting flux: 19.6997 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2020tfn