Discovery certificate for object 2020xzu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 87206 [ 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 2020xzu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acmvvzx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:59:38.629 (149.910952966667) DEC = +28:41:51.68 (28.6976889333333)
Discovery date: 2020-10-18 12:07:29.004 (JD=2459141.0051968)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J095938.60+284151.7
Host redshift: 0.187361

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acmvvzx

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-18 12:07:29.004
Flux: 20.4013 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-14 12:07:09
Limiting flux: 20.3275 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/2020xzu