Discovery certificate for object 2020kke
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71236 [ 2020TNSTR1395....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-18 19:41:26
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 2020kke
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abakiun
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:36:55.191 (264.2299631) DEC = +83:30:03.49 (83.5009688)
Discovery date: 2020-05-18 05:50:29.000 (JD=2458987.7433912)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J173653.76+833004.5

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abakiun

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-18 05:50:29.000
Flux: 20.7278 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-17 09:20:32
Limiting flux: 20.6086 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/2020kke