Discovery certificate for object 2020pqu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77843 [ 2020TNSTR2171....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-18 17:59:21
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 2020pqu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abmrtcg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:47:13.481 (341.80617285) DEC = -16:51:34.11 (-16.85947525)
Discovery date: 2020-07-18 09:34:56.004 (JD=2459048.8992593)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J224713.32-165130.7

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abmrtcg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-18 09:34:56.004
Flux: 20.1247 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-15 10:39:14
Limiting flux: 20.3809 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/2020pqu