Discovery certificate for object 2020ect
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63662 [ 2020TNSTR.718....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-05 17:48:55
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 2020ect
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aasmgqk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:49:59.971 (162.4998806) DEC = +23:25:53.61 (23.4315575)
Discovery date: 2020-03-05 06:38:47.996 (JD=2458913.7769444)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J105000.09+232553.6
Host redshift: 0.387

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 1.58+-0.14 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aasmgqk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-05 06:38:47.996
Flux: 18.5449 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-05 05:38:38
Limiting flux: 19.8509 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2020ect