Discovery certificate for object 2020abum
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91816 [ 2020TNSTR3681....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-06 19:43:35
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, L. Hernandez-Garcia, 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 2020abum
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acuxamd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:16:35.477 (319.14782195) DEC = +03:17:52.16 (3.2978223)
Discovery date: 2020-12-02 02:51:28.002 (JD=2459185.6190741)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J211635.49+031751.8
Host redshift: 0.241

Remarks: SN candidate 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/ZTF20acuxamd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-02 02:51:28.002
Flux: 19.8601 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-30 03:28:58
Limiting flux: 18.6744 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/2020abum