Discovery certificate for object 2020kld
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71261 [ 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 2020kld
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abaiwih
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:18:03.076 (154.5128176) DEC = +03:17:14.81 (3.287448025)
Discovery date: 2020-05-18 04:29:56.000 (JD=2458987.6874537)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J101803.01+031713.2

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.17+-0.02 mag/day, r-rise > 0.12+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abaiwih

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-18 04:29:56.000
Flux: 19.7155 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-11 05:34:16
Limiting flux: 20.5406 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/2020kld