Discovery certificate for object 2020pmy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77683 [ 2020TNSTR2150....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-16 20:02:41
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: SN 2020pmy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abmcwtd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:31:25.704 (7.8571009) DEC = -12:27:24.39 (-12.4567746)
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 10:32:19.000 (JD=2459046.9391088)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J003125.47-122723.0

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abmcwtd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 10:32:19.000
Flux: 18.8808 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020pmy