Discovery certificate for object 2020pkp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77568 [ 2020TNSTR2140....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-15 19:41:27
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, 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 2020pkp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20ablwerd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:12:19.128 (18.07969835) DEC = +43:48:32.84 (43.8091224)
Discovery date: 2020-07-15 08:47:37.997 (JD=2459045.866412)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J011219.11+434832.8
Host redshift: 0.09

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.39+-0.17 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20ablwerd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-15 08:47:37.997
Flux: 19.7247 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-14 11:44:38
Limiting flux: 20.0631 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/2020pkp