Discovery certificate for object 2021bwc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 98433 [ 2021TNSTR.342....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-02-05 19:41:12
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 2021bwc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aahdryk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:24:41.258 (171.1719102) DEC = +34:53:49.17 (34.8969915333333)
Discovery date: 2021-02-03 11:09:07.004 (JD=2459248.9646644)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J112441.63+345350.4

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.22+-0.07 mag/day) 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/ZTF21aahdryk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-02-03 11:09:07.004
Flux: 20.2816 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-02-03 10:10:21
Limiting flux: 20.3459 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/2021bwc