Discovery certificate for object 2020kyu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71872 [ 2020TNSTR1538....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-24 21:03:35
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 2020kyu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abbisdq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:48:20.833 (237.0868043) DEC = -16:51:56.10 (-16.8655827)
Discovery date: 2020-05-24 07:03:40.003 (JD=2458993.794213)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J154820.85-165155.4

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.21+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abbisdq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-24 07:03:40.003
Flux: 19.3073 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-18 07:32:17
Limiting flux: 20.5553 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/2020kyu