Discovery certificate for object 2020adqu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 94040 [ 2020TNSTR3929....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-27 19:39:55
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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: SN 2020adqu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20adadffg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:09:34.715 (17.39464695) DEC = +42:45:41.34 (42.76148345)
Discovery date: 2020-12-27 03:59:29.996 (JD=2459210.6663194)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J010935.01+424543.8
Host redshift: 0.07

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.14+-0.03 mag/day, r-rise > 0.12+-0.02 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/ZTF20adadffg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-27 03:59:29.996
Flux: 19.4673 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-23 05:11:36
Limiting flux: 18.125 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/2020adqu