Discovery certificate for object 2020sac
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80711 [ 2020TNSTR2598....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-25 18:29:33
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, L. Hernandez-Garcia, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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 2020sac
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abwkvhd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:08:16.444 (347.0685159) DEC = -06:18:35.36 (-6.309822)
Discovery date: 2020-08-25 07:01:28.001 (JD=2459086.7926852)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J230816.73-061832.3
Host redshift: 0.018

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.29+-0.22 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abwkvhd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-25 07:01:28.001
Flux: 20.3231 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-24 09:59:32
Limiting flux: 20.5797 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/2020sac