Discovery certificate for object 2020kgk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71082 [ 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 2020kgk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abafrfy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:06:27.433 (301.6143057) DEC = +01:30:07.49 (1.5020795)
Discovery date: 2020-05-17 10:08:47.000 (JD=2458986.9227662)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J200627.23+013012.0

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abafrfy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-17 10:08:47.000
Flux: 20.3581 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-11 11:39:25
Limiting flux: 19.4999 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/2020kgk