Discovery certificate for object 2020aaey
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 89845 [ 2020TNSTR3475....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-17 19:00:01
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, 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 2020aaey
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acriuro
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:59:37.718 (119.907156366667) DEC = +04:10:44.96 (4.1791543)
Discovery date: 2020-11-15 11:35:00.001 (JD=2459168.9826389)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J075937.85+041044.7
Host redshift: 0.177

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acriuro

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-15 11:35:00.001
Flux: 20.4509 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-12 10:36:07
Limiting flux: 20.5691 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/2020aaey