Discovery certificate for object 2020oht
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 76169 [ 2020TNSTR2075....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-10 21:55:55
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, A. Mourao, 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 2020oht
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aatokvl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:35:44.359 (248.9348304) DEC = +27:29:09.99 (27.4861091)
Discovery date: 2020-07-10 06:34:13.996 (JD=2459040.7737731)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASS J16354427+2729127
Host redshift: 0.049885

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF18aatokvl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-10 06:34:13.996
Flux: 19.7817 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-10 05:32:56
Limiting flux: 20.8119 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/2020oht