TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 87186 [ 2020TNSTR3203....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-22 18:46:13
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 2020xza
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acmvwmw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:53:19.972 (148.3332169) DEC = +24:05:38.60 (24.0940569)
Discovery date: 2020-10-22 12:09:37.999 (JD=2459145.0066898)

Potential host galaxy: MSPM 03626
Host redshift: 0.05279

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acmvwmw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-22 12:09:37.999
Flux: 19.4816 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2020xza