Discovery certificate for object 2020hzs
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68580 [ 2020TNSTR1107....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-23 20:44:02
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 2020hzs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aavptjv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:55:29.193 (163.87163925) DEC = +40:06:26.21 (40.1072792)
Discovery date: 2020-04-23 05:24:37.999 (JD=2458962.7254398)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J105529.28+400624.9
Host redshift: 0.138

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.08+-0.02 mag/day, r-rise > 0.08+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aavptjv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-23 05:24:37.999
Flux: 20.073 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-15 06:47:54
Limiting flux: 20.7103 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/2020hzs