Discovery certificate for object 2020iht
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68915 [ 2020TNSTR1131....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-26 20:21:35
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 2020iht
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aawkijt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:17:24.074 (154.3503072) DEC = +40:57:24.93 (40.9569253)
Discovery date: 2020-04-26 05:28:05.998 (JD=2458965.7278472)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J101723.92+405725.0
Host redshift: 0.127335

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.15+-0.06 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aawkijt

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-26 05:28:05.998
Flux: 20.3287 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-26 04:26:40
Limiting flux: 20.7213 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/2020iht