Discovery certificate for object 2020dhe
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62705 [ 2020TNSTR.617....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-25 00:18:28
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 2020dhe
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaqpwmb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:06:20.600 (181.5858346) DEC = +05:46:13.23 (5.7703418)
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 08:31:56.000 (JD=2458903.8555093)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J120620.41+054617.1
Host redshift: 0.136477

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaqpwmb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 08:31:56.000
Flux: 20.1626 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-22 09:08:04
Limiting flux: 20.1433 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/2020dhe