Discovery certificate for object 2020inv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 69220 [ 2020TNSTR1167....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-29 20:28:41
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 2020inv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaxkgvs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:09:11.795 (227.2991452) DEC = +39:32:16.66 (39.5379599)
Discovery date: 2020-04-29 09:11:27.001 (JD=2458968.8829514)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J150911.93+393210.1
Host redshift: 0.293

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.91+-0.09 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaxkgvs

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-29 09:11:27.001
Flux: 19.784 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-28 08:20:52
Limiting flux: 20.7231 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/2020inv