Discovery certificate for object 2020icx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68718 [ 2020TNSTR1115....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-24 21:09:17
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 2020icx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aavuvka
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:22:12.100 (155.55041745) DEC = +03:37:30.91 (3.625252)
Discovery date: 2020-04-24 04:34:03.000 (JD=2458963.6903125)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J102212.18+033731.3
Host redshift: 0.099368

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aavuvka

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-24 04:34:03.000
Flux: 20.0771 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 04:30:11
Limiting flux: 20.3223 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/2020icx