Discovery certificate for object 2020iaf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68593 [ 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: SN 2020iaf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aavrkxw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:08:11.383 (212.0474277) DEC = +64:24:20.26 (64.40562875)
Discovery date: 2020-04-23 06:53:20.999 (JD=2458962.7870486)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J140811.18+642421.8
Host redshift: 0.102

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aavrkxw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-23 06:53:20.999
Flux: 19.8304 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-22 10:00:21
Limiting flux: 19.7311 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/2020iaf