Discovery certificate for object 2020aoo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59614 [ 2020TNSTR.225....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-23 18:24:46
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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, F.E. Bauer, 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 2020aoo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aagnepv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:42:25.928 (205.60803305) DEC = +65:07:00.62 (65.1168393)
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 11:12:39.000 (JD=2458871.9671181)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J134225.95+650700.6
Host redshift: 0.17

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aagnepv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 11:12:39.000
Flux: 19.6803 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-15 13:21:58
Limiting flux: 20.2949 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/2020aoo