Discovery certificate for object 2020xpl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 86793 [ 2020TNSTR3183....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-20 19:25:18
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 2020xpl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acljljo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:39:40.493 (24.9187189) DEC = +15:49:50.38 (15.830662)
Discovery date: 2020-10-20 06:53:30.002 (JD=2459142.7871528)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J013940.63+154950.8
Host redshift: 0.098

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.19+-0.07 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acljljo

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-20 06:53:30.002
Flux: 20.0707 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-18 07:07:26
Limiting flux: 20.7001 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/2020xpl