Discovery certificate for object 2021auh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 97284 [ 2021TNSTR.180....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-18 18:27:34
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Hernandez-Garcia, G. Pignata, L. Galbany, 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 2021auh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aafnxor
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:28:25.778 (352.10740755) DEC = +83:05:30.62 (83.0918395)
Discovery date: 2021-01-18 02:55:48.999 (JD=2459232.6220949)


Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier - see http://arxiv.org/abs/2008.03309 - and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF21aafnxor

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-01-18 02:55:48.999
Flux: 19.9167 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-01-16 04:21:52
Limiting flux: 20.0618 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/2021auh