Discovery certificate for object 2020hix
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 67715 [ 2020TNSTR1034....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-15 19:17:16
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, J. Silva-Farfan, 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 2020hix
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aauuzcl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:13:51.501 (168.46458565) DEC = +21:39:55.71 (21.66547365)
Discovery date: 2020-04-15 05:35:46.000 (JD=2458954.7331713)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J111351.46+213956.2
Host redshift: 0.178

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aauuzcl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-15 05:35:46.000
Flux: 20.3762 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-02 05:59:13
Limiting flux: 19.8923 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/2020hix