Discovery certificate for object 2020jfc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 69912 [ 2020TNSTR1231....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-05 20:54:18
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 2020jfc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaymbjk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:10:07.076 (287.5294827) DEC = +40:00:33.69 (40.009359)
Discovery date: 2020-05-05 08:51:16.001 (JD=2458974.8689352)

Potential host galaxy: CGCG 229-026
Host redshift: 0.027556

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.23+-0.03 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaymbjk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-05 08:51:16.001
Flux: 19.5993 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-02 10:41:23
Limiting flux: 20.8775 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/2020jfc