Discovery certificate for object 2020ucv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 83140 [ 2020TNSTR2928....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-25 00:42:47
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, L. Hernandez-Garcia, G. Pignata, 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 2020ucv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acdpklw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:20:30.905 (5.12876914444444) DEC = -18:36:02.74 (-18.6007599888889)
Discovery date: 2020-09-20 07:12:21.004 (JD=2459112.8002431)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J002030.99-183602.0

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acdpklw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-20 07:12:21.004
Flux: 20.6685 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-19 09:48:12
Limiting flux: 19.859 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/2020ucv