Discovery certificate for object 2020qwe
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79350 [ 2020TNSTR2406....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-07 00:33:26
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 2020qwe
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abqggyi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:08:46.515 (257.1938108) DEC = +46:05:51.13 (46.09753485)
Discovery date: 2020-08-06 04:10:44.003 (JD=2459067.6741204)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J170845.90+460554.3
Host redshift: 0.112641

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abqggyi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-06 04:10:44.003
Flux: 20.0771 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-04 07:53:02
Limiting flux: 19.3401 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/2020qwe