Discovery certificate for object 2020boa
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60797 [ 2020TNSTR.335....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-31 22:50:45
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 2020boa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aakzdwl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:06:43.171 (241.6798811) DEC = +27:30:47.82 (27.5132847)
Discovery date: 2020-01-31 12:26:46.000 (JD=2458880.018588)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J160643.30+273046.4

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.24+-0.07 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aakzdwl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-31 12:26:46.000
Flux: 20.1025 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-28 13:26:32
Limiting flux: 20.615 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/2020boa