Discovery certificate for object 2020rnl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80230 [ 2020TNSTR2513....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-17 20:31:30
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 2020rnl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abtgfcl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:51:36.311 (327.901296633333) DEC = +05:20:24.19 (5.34005273333333)
Discovery date: 2020-08-12 08:00:30.997 (JD=2459073.8336921)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J215136.23+052023.6
Host redshift: 0.146

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abtgfcl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-12 08:00:30.997
Flux: 20.9326 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-09 08:00:00
Limiting flux: 20.4559 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/2020rnl