Discovery certificate for object 2020fip
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65394 [ 2020TNSTR.893....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-29 23:04:24
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 2020fip
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aatqbmw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:30:50.039 (202.7084977) DEC = +15:56:36.59 (15.9434982666667)
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 07:22:44.000 (JD=2458936.8074537)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J133049.71+155638.8
Host redshift: 0.090398

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aatqbmw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 07:22:44.000
Flux: 19.3516 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-06 11:23:22
Limiting flux: 20.098 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/2020fip