Discovery certificate for object 2020yzb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88485 [ 2020TNSTR3367....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-06 19:27:23
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 2020yzb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acpgmga
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:52:22.329 (163.09303782) DEC = +27:08:14.30 (27.13730656)
Discovery date: 2020-11-02 11:41:26.002 (JD=2459155.9871065)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J105222.30+270813.8
Host redshift: 0.344

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acpgmga

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-02 11:41:26.002
Flux: 20.3147 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-30 13:05:23
Limiting flux: 19.7619 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/2020yzb