TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 87821 [ 2020TNSTR3310....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-31 19:12:22
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 2020ymu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acojxtb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:21:50.647 (80.4610284) DEC = -19:18:16.25 (-19.304513633333)
Discovery date: 2020-10-28 10:03:52.004 (JD=2459150.9193519)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J052150.61-191817.0

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.13+-0.07 mag/day, r-rise > 0.13+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acojxtb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-28 10:03:52.004
Flux: 20.0465 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 10:34:04
Limiting flux: 19.9678 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/2020ymu