Discovery certificate for object 2020abxa
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91933 [ 2020TNSTR3690....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-07 18:44:22
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 2020abxa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20actsxsl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:59:16.547 (59.81894445) DEC = +12:26:47.44 (12.44651235)
Discovery date: 2020-12-05 07:26:37.003 (JD=2459188.8101505)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J035916.52+122647.6
Host redshift: 0.097

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/ZTF20actsxsl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-05 07:26:37.003
Flux: 20.1573 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-05 04:56:47
Limiting flux: 19.7639 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/2020abxa