Discovery certificate for object 2020kfz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71071 [ 2020TNSTR1380....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-17 19:57:09
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 2020kfz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aazsyfu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:25:20.346 (201.334775) DEC = +79:49:48.94 (79.8302604)
Discovery date: 2020-05-17 05:28:24.004 (JD=2458986.7280556)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J132520.71+794956.8

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aazsyfu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-17 05:28:24.004
Flux: 20.3189 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-16 06:48:35
Limiting flux: 20.3219 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/2020kfz