Discovery certificate for object 2020yzd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88487 [ 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 2020yzd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acpgpnq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:48:24.188 (87.1007851333333) DEC = -21:55:06.97 (-21.9186041)
Discovery date: 2020-11-03 10:49:49.996 (JD=2459156.9512731)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J054824.18-215507.2

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.12+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acpgpnq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-03 10:49:49.996
Flux: 19.2329 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-02 12:03:18
Limiting flux: 19.2059 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/2020yzd