Discovery certificate for object 2020dho
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62715 [ 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 2020dho
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaqqjff
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:16:56.772 (184.2365503) DEC = +62:16:45.75 (62.2793751)
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 09:14:22.000 (JD=2458903.8849769)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J121656.93+621644.1
Host redshift: 0.347

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.51+-0.08 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaqqjff

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 09:14:22.000
Flux: 19.4152 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 08:17:36
Limiting flux: 20.8182 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/2020dho