Discovery certificate for object 2020avg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59905 [ 2020TNSTR.253....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-25 16:33:36
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: SN 2020avg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaiawlj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:34:06.139 (173.5255783) DEC = -09:01:18.38 (-9.021771)
Discovery date: 2020-01-25 07:34:20.000 (JD=2458873.8155093)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J113406.16-090116.2
Host redshift: 0.036705

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.12+-0.00 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaiawlj

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-25 07:34:20.000
Flux: 17.8924 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-16 11:01:19
Limiting flux: 19.6706 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/2020avg