Discovery certificate for object 2020hjk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 67728 [ 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 2020hjk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aauscjg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:35:58.789 (143.9949542) DEC = +28:59:23.15 (28.98976355)
Discovery date: 2020-04-15 04:20:53.002 (JD=2458954.681169)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J093558.77+285923.1
Host redshift: 0.244

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aauscjg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-15 04:20:53.002
Flux: 20.0735 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-31 06:56:44
Limiting flux: 19.0982 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/2020hjk