Discovery certificate for object 2020xzt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 87205 [ 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 2020xzt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acmmlig
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:49:28.422 (357.36842555) DEC = +26:41:45.43 (26.6959517)
Discovery date: 2020-10-18 04:58:17.000 (JD=2459140.7071412)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J234928.42+264150.1
Host redshift: 0.054

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acmmlig

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-18 04:58:17.000
Flux: 20.913 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-16 07:21:22
Limiting flux: 20.3348 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2020xzt