Discovery certificate for object 2020frj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65752 [ 2020TNSTR.929....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-01 20:37:00
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 2020frj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aatxgej
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:55:55.481 (133.9811712) DEC = +31:53:42.45 (31.895126)
Discovery date: 2020-04-01 04:26:51.000 (JD=2458940.6853125)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J085555.48+315342.8
Host redshift: 0.075

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aatxgej

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-01 04:26:51.000
Flux: 19.4947 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 05:38:18
Limiting flux: 16.4919 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/2020frj