Discovery certificate for object 2020ecu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63663 [ 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 2020ecu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaskdgf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:29:04.947 (67.2706143) DEC = -12:32:37.37 (-12.5437126)
Discovery date: 2020-03-05 03:24:23.996 (JD=2458913.6419444)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J042904.89-123236.8

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaskdgf

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-05 03:24:23.996
Flux: 19.5933 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 04:07:56
Limiting flux: 19.9078 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/2020ecu