Discovery certificate for object 2020fja
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65405 [ 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 2020fja
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aatponi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:25:11.867 (186.299446725) DEC = +56:13:17.50 (56.221528575)
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 06:39:15.998 (JD=2458936.7772685)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J122511.93+561316.1
Host redshift: 0.17

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aatponi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 06:39:15.998
Flux: 19.5466 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-09 10:15:49
Limiting flux: 18.0194 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/2020fja