Discovery certificate for object 2020hqe
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68026 [ 2020TNSTR1053....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-17 18:25:12
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, E. Camacho, 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 2020hqe
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aavgacb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:27:04.715 (201.7696479) DEC = -18:35:07.06 (-18.5852942)
Discovery date: 2020-04-17 05:56:14.004 (JD=2458956.7473843)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J132704.60-183507.3
Host redshift: 0.044314

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aavgacb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-17 05:56:14.004
Flux: 19.4418 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-02 10:33:42
Limiting flux: 19.8604 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/2020hqe