TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 87568 [ 2020TNSTR3277....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-28 20:36:53
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: SN 2020yhh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acnwgtl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:57:40.818 (329.4200769) DEC = -05:40:12.83 (-5.6702294)
Discovery date: 2020-10-28 03:57:44.001 (JD=2459150.6650926)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J215740.85-054012.8
Host redshift: 0.127

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.08+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acnwgtl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-28 03:57:44.001
Flux: 19.7142 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-27 06:02:49
Limiting flux: 18.5216 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://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2020yhh