Discovery certificate for object 2020fnz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65551 [ 2020TNSTR.908....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-30 18:21:06
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 2020fnz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aatvxuo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:07:15.990 (121.8166234) DEC = +28:26:13.57 (28.4371022)
Discovery date: 2020-03-30 04:07:27.002 (JD=2458938.6718403)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J080715.51+282618.0
Host redshift: 0.092727

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aatvxuo

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-30 04:07:27.002
Flux: 19.5003 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 05:37:36
Limiting flux: 16.8901 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/2020fnz