Discovery certificate for object 2020wpi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 85744 [ 2020TNSTR3110....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-14 19:04:54
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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 2020wpi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aciyxij
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:03:28.910 (0.8704567) DEC = -14:46:15.02 (-14.7708385)
Discovery date: 2020-10-08 06:04:00.002 (JD=2459130.7527778)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J000328.84-144616.6

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aciyxij

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-08 06:04:00.002
Flux: 20.7443 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 06:34:18
Limiting flux: 19.5394 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/2020wpi