TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82906 [ 2020TNSTR2874....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-21 19:15:47
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 2020twt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acbxkea
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:13:30.424 (78.37676655) DEC = +00:54:43.16 (0.911989875)
Discovery date: 2020-09-18 11:35:52.999 (JD=2459110.9832523)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J051330.41+005441.3
Host redshift: 0.172

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acbxkea

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-18 11:35:52.999
Flux: 20.5567 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-17 10:29:39
Limiting flux: 19.8779 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/2020twt