Discovery certificate for object 2020yyj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88441 [ 2020TNSTR3351....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-05 21:32:37
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 2020yyj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acpbwvo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:57:49.673 (359.45696915) DEC = +06:57:38.98 (6.96082865)
Discovery date: 2020-11-03 04:41:51.003 (JD=2459156.6957292)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J235749.60+065737.9
Host redshift: 0.098

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acpbwvo

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-03 04:41:51.003
Flux: 19.875 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-01 07:18:22
Limiting flux: 19.2926 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/2020yyj