TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 83730 [ 2020TNSTR2992....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-02 21:00:32
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 2020ura
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abznndn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:38:14.219 (129.5592462) DEC = +09:44:23.93 (9.73998)
Discovery date: 2020-10-02 11:07:56.001 (JD=2459124.9638426)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J083814.18+094424.6
Host redshift: 0.119

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abznndn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-02 11:07:56.001
Flux: 19.0633 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020ura