Discovery certificate for object 2020tuo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82769 [ 2020TNSTR2866....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-20 21:40:59
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 2020tuo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acbksxl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:20:53.965 (275.224855866667) DEC = +64:19:39.34 (64.3275944)
Discovery date: 2020-09-19 05:48:58.997 (JD=2459111.7423495)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J182053.46+641937.0
Host redshift: 0.11155

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acbksxl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-19 05:48:58.997
Flux: 20.4587 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-19 03:24:16
Limiting flux: 20.5426 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/2020tuo