Discovery certificate for object 2020R
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57443 [ 2020TNSTR...1....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-01 15:55:04
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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, F.E. Bauer, 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 2020R
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaaxffj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:08:19.640 (137.0818337) DEC = -03:52:02.11 (-3.8672537)
Discovery date: 2020-01-01 11:06:04.000 (JD=2458849.9625463)


Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaaxffj

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-01 11:06:04.000
Flux: 20.0384 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-21 11:27:25
Limiting flux: 18.3395 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://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020R