Discovery certificate for object 2020hzw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68584 [ 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 2020hzw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aavqekf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:04:53.677 (181.223655333333) DEC = +13:26:27.96 (13.4410999333333)
Discovery date: 2020-04-23 05:57:32.999 (JD=2458962.7482986)

Potential host galaxy: KUG 1202+137
Host redshift: 0.076494

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aavqekf

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-23 05:57:32.999
Flux: 20.2855 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-17 06:27:58
Limiting flux: 20.7075 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2020hzw