Discovery certificate for object 2020edh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63680 [ 2020TNSTR.732....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-06 19:52:35
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: SN 2020edh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaswzdm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:16:23.970 (259.09987415) DEC = +40:48:29.35 (40.8081523)
Discovery date: 2020-03-06 11:09:32.000 (JD=2458914.9649537)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J171623.88+404826.0
Host redshift: 0.033

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.14+-0.04 mag/day, r-rise > 0.14+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaswzdm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-06 11:09:32.000
Flux: 19.9105 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-03 12:49:50
Limiting flux: 20.3436 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/2020edh