Discovery certificate for object 2020fka
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65432 [ 2020TNSTR.909....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-30 00:54:03
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, 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 2020fka
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aattslv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:32:01.702 (248.007092333333) DEC = +40:05:51.95 (40.0977649666667)
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 10:40:39.999 (JD=2458936.9449074)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J163201.74+400551.5

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aattslv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 10:40:39.999
Flux: 20.171 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-09 09:47:07
Limiting flux: 16.4426 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/2020fka