Discovery certificate for object 2020abdr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 90997 [ 2020TNSTR3595....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-29 16:35:32
Sender: ZTF (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 2020abdr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acufmte
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:42:47.477 (55.6978213) DEC = -12:16:48.20 (-12.2800548)
Discovery date: 2020-11-29 05:25:21.000 (JD=2459182.7259375)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J034247.41-121648.8

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.37+-0.02 mag/day, r-rise > 0.30+-0.03 mag/day) classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier - see http://arxiv.org/abs/2008.03309 - and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acufmte

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-29 05:25:21.000
Flux: 18.3453 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-27 08:51:24
Limiting flux: 18.4007 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2020abdr