TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 84368 [ 2020TNSTR3052....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-08 18:58:57
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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 2020vfb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20achnfau
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:10:58.066 (62.741940366667) DEC = -20:43:37.04 (-20.7269559)
Discovery date: 2020-10-08 09:44:53.002 (JD=2459130.906169)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J041057.87-204338.5

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20achnfau

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-08 09:44:53.002
Flux: 19.5643 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-08 09:39:28
Limiting flux: 19.8268 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/2020vfb