Discovery certificate for object 2020vg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58662 [ 2020TNSTR.115....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-13 20:35:42
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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, F.E. Bauer, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020vg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aafclxb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:48:54.440 (177.2268314) DEC = -04:40:53.93 (-4.6816482)
Discovery date: 2020-01-13 12:33:03.000 (JD=2458862.0229514)

Potential host galaxy: IC 0738
Host redshift: 0.008683

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.43+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aafclxb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-13 12:33:03.000
Flux: 16.9434 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-08 12:56:02
Limiting flux: 19.7136 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/2020vg