Discovery certificate for object 2020tqm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82583 [ 2020TNSTR2842....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-18 23:20:08
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 2020tqm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abzvdcn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:27:17.026 (261.82094372) DEC = +39:41:51.07 (39.69751892)
Discovery date: 2020-09-14 04:14:11.000 (JD=2459106.6765162)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASS J17271678+3941554

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abzvdcn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-14 04:14:11.000
Flux: 20.1654 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-07 05:26:18
Limiting flux: 20.2019 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/2020tqm