Discovery certificate for object 2020zlj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88998 [ 2020TNSTR3425....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-12 21:03:09
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 2020zlj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acpzhcy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:14:45.014 (153.6875601) DEC = +31:41:58.53 (31.6995926)
Discovery date: 2020-11-12 12:36:36.003 (JD=2459166.0254167)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J101445.03+314157.9
Host redshift: 0.122584

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.06+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acpzhcy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-12 12:36:36.003
Flux: 19.6837 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-12 11:47:13
Limiting flux: 20.7274 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/2020zlj