Discovery certificate for object 2020abxe
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91937 [ 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 2020abxe
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acvnzpr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:07:14.996 (31.8124852) DEC = +03:59:06.68 (3.9851894)
Discovery date: 2020-12-07 04:26:40.001 (JD=2459190.6851852)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J020715.00+035907.8
Host redshift: 0.313

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/ZTF20acvnzpr

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-07 04:26:40.001
Flux: 20.6395 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 06:05:58
Limiting flux: 19.8705 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/2020abxe