Discovery certificate for object 2020dza
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63495 [ 2020TNSTR.705....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-04 17:43:50
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 2020dza
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aasivoo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:39:56.359 (264.9848278) DEC = +05:56:54.14 (5.9483736)
Discovery date: 2020-03-04 11:37:31.996 (JD=2458912.9843981)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J173956.37+055653.5

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aasivoo

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-04 11:37:31.996
Flux: 19.5625 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-21 13:11:03
Limiting flux: 18.4194 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/2020dza