Discovery certificate for object 2020vbt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 84208 [ 2020TNSTR3043....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-07 20:00:46
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 2020vbt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20achegyh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:28:05.751 (127.0239619) DEC = +69:55:09.22 (69.9192278)
Discovery date: 2020-10-06 12:20:15.000 (JD=2459129.0140625)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J082805.71+695510.3

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.43+-0.05 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20achegyh

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-06 12:20:15.000
Flux: 18.8486 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-06 10:14:56
Limiting flux: 19.3908 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/2020vbt