Discovery certificate for object 2020jbq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 69757 [ 2020TNSTR1206....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-03 20:03:30
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 2020jbq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aayeims
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:35:15.303 (233.8137632) DEC = -03:26:40.87 (-3.4446861)
Discovery date: 2020-05-03 07:00:04.997 (JD=2458972.7917245)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J153515.82-032639.2
Host redshift: 0.061539

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.19+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aayeims

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-03 07:00:04.997
Flux: 18.9 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-30 09:03:36
Limiting flux: 18.0864 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/2020jbq