Discovery certificate for object 2020ayt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60035 [ 2020TNSTR.263....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-26 16:01:08
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 2020ayt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaiqqfx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:13:33.892 (138.3912172) DEC = +09:10:12.33 (9.1700906)
Discovery date: 2020-01-26 07:59:48.000 (JD=2458874.8331944)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J091333.94+091010.5
Host redshift: 0.155

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaiqqfx

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-26 07:59:48.000
Flux: 20.2674 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-23 09:38:21
Limiting flux: 20.3378 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/2020ayt