Discovery certificate for object 2020dx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57662 [ 2020TNSTR..41....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-04 15:40:45
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 2020dx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aacvyjx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:14:39.977 (153.6665688) DEC = +76:01:52.83 (76.0313418)
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 10:04:27.000 (JD=2458852.9197569)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J101440.93+760152.5

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aacvyjx

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 10:04:27.000
Flux: 20.1583 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-03 12:16:21
Limiting flux: 19.9985 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/2020dx