Discovery certificate for object 2020doq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63008 [ 2020TNSTR.630....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-26 21:10:46
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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 2020doq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aareqxi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:59:40.329 (269.918038) DEC = +52:22:47.87 (52.3799632)
Discovery date: 2020-02-26 12:42:11.002 (JD=2458906.029294)

Potential host galaxy: CGCG 278-043
Host redshift: 0.027753

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 1.13+-0.19 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aareqxi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-26 12:42:11.002
Flux: 18.7071 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-25 13:22:58
Limiting flux: 19.8006 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/2020doq