TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 85712 [ 2020TNSTR3110....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-14 19:04:54
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 2020woc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acjbvnb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:36:17.555 (24.0731444) DEC = -00:05:57.82 (-0.0993948)
Discovery date: 2020-10-14 07:57:32.003 (JD=2459136.8316204)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J013617.52-000557.7
Host redshift: 0.11

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acjbvnb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-14 07:57:32.003
Flux: 20.2935 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-12 07:42:43
Limiting flux: 20.302 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/2020woc