Discovery certificate for object 2020xzn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 87199 [ 2020TNSTR3203....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-22 18:46:13
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 2020xzn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aclyssw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:12:31.879 (48.132830875) DEC = -15:49:48.05 (-15.8300139)
Discovery date: 2020-10-20 08:42:55.996 (JD=2459142.8631481)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J031231.64-154948.2

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aclyssw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-20 08:42:55.996
Flux: 20.3031 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 09:32:59
Limiting flux: 20.4006 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/2020xzn