TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88921 [ 2020TNSTR3425....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-12 21:03:09
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 2020zik
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acpqgve
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:31:36.180 (7.90075165) DEC = -17:34:52.13 (-17.58114625)
Discovery date: 2020-11-12 04:05:06.999 (JD=2459165.6702199)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J003136.30-173454.4
Host redshift: 0.132

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acpqgve

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-12 04:05:06.999
Flux: 20.2352 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-11 06:36:27
Limiting flux: 19.7356 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/2020zik