Discovery certificate for object 2020nkg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 75036 [ 2020TNSTR1909....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-24 21:14:09
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 2020nkg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abhkees
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:41:03.922 (205.2663408) DEC = +24:29:10.29 (24.4861919)
Discovery date: 2020-06-24 04:54:19.996 (JD=2459024.7043981)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J134103.85+242913.2
Host redshift: 0.066

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.33+-0.05 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abhkees

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-24 04:54:19.996
Flux: 20.181 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-21 05:28:25
Limiting flux: 21.1515 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/2020nkg