Discovery certificate for object 2020dzo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63509 [ 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 2020dzo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aasdpxi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:54:17.769 (118.5740384) DEC = +54:15:23.02 (54.25639525)
Discovery date: 2020-03-04 03:45:01.996 (JD=2458912.6562731)

Potential host galaxy: UGC 04074
Host redshift: 0.02397

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.12+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aasdpxi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-04 03:45:01.996
Flux: 20.2159 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-01 04:39:57
Limiting flux: 19.8749 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/2020dzo