Discovery certificate for object 2020cqc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61936 [ 2020TNSTR.502....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-15 16:36:07
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 2020cqc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aanrdek
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:08:28.148 (137.11728135) DEC = +01:52:44.70 (1.879084)
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 06:06:22.000 (JD=2458894.7544213)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J090828.21+015244.9
Host redshift: 0.115

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aanrdek

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 06:06:22.000
Flux: 20.3509 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-12 05:32:10
Limiting flux: 19.7955 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/2020cqc