TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 83254 [ 2020TNSTR2928....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-25 23:53:35
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, L. Hernandez-Garcia, G. Pignata, 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 2020ugf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aceicaf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:05:50.644 (46.461017275) DEC = -16:26:02.50 (-16.434028675)
Discovery date: 2020-09-19 09:03:03.004 (JD=2459111.8771181)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J030550.78-162604.5
Host redshift: 0.071

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aceicaf

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-19 09:03:03.004
Flux: 20.5446 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-16 11:02:56
Limiting flux: 19.9596 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/2020ugf