Discovery certificate for object 2020uba
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 83060 [ 2020TNSTR2916....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-24 01:20:19
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, L. Hernandez-Garcia, 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 2020uba
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acdeqgd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:30:41.423 (22.67259695) DEC = -12:43:51.62 (-12.73100445)
Discovery date: 2020-09-23 09:02:32.997 (JD=2459115.8767708)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J013041.26-124348.3
Host redshift: 0.083224

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.47+-0.21 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acdeqgd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-23 09:02:32.997
Flux: 19.817 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-22 09:34:43
Limiting flux: 20.2796 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/2020uba