Discovery certificate for object 2020bin
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60490 [ 2020TNSTR.307....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-29 18:34:56
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 2020bin
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aakfhwv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:01:54.342 (75.4764236) DEC = -01:52:12.74 (-1.8702043)
Discovery date: 2020-01-29 04:57:33.000 (JD=2458877.7066319)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J050154.45-015210.6

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.54+-0.17 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aakfhwv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-29 04:57:33.000
Flux: 19.9852 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-29 03:52:33
Limiting flux: 20.1122 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/2020bin