Discovery certificate for object 2020ndq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 74722 [ 2020TNSTR1867....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-21 21:38:48
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 2020ndq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abgvhxc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:00:35.702 (180.148759) DEC = +07:47:34.62 (7.7929502)
Discovery date: 2020-06-21 05:08:36.004 (JD=2459021.7143056)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J120035.67+074734.2
Host redshift: 0.259

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-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/ZTF20abgvhxc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-21 05:08:36.004
Flux: 19.6844 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-18 05:26:39
Limiting flux: 20.2383 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/2020ndq