TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 89184 [ 2020TNSTR3437....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-14 20:46:17
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 2020zpi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acqksdi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:40:20.446 (40.085190533333) DEC = -01:26:49.02 (-1.4469506666667)
Discovery date: 2020-11-12 07:35:24.000 (JD=2459165.81625)

Potential host galaxy: CGCG 388-092
Host redshift: 0.037056

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acqksdi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-12 07:35:24.000
Flux: 20.4511 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-12 07:06:45
Limiting flux: 20.6647 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/2020zpi