Discovery certificate for object 2020dhf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62706 [ 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 2020dhf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaqrmxg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:12:40.317 (198.1679864) DEC = +18:43:54.01 (18.7316688)
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 10:03:20.000 (JD=2458903.9189815)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J131240.28+184400.8

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.25+-0.04 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaqrmxg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 10:03:20.000
Flux: 19.9683 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-24 08:59:46
Limiting flux: 20.9118 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/2020dhf