Discovery certificate for object 2020rlg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80148 [ 2020TNSTR2506....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-16 20:07:23
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 2020rlg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abtkjfw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:04:38.828 (61.1617818) DEC = +33:48:30.68 (33.8085216)
Discovery date: 2020-08-16 11:36:14.996 (JD=2459077.9835069)

Potential host galaxy: UGC 02945
Host redshift: 0.017445

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.08+-0.00 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abtkjfw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-16 11:36:14.996
Flux: 19.0708 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-16 10:14:56
Limiting flux: 20.5866 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/2020rlg