Discovery certificate for object 2021cvg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 99413 [ 2021TNSTR.452....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-02-13 18:58:38
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 2021cvg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aakvttl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:08:34.532 (242.14388255) DEC = +50:24:06.01 (50.40166925)
Discovery date: 2021-02-13 11:44:23.001 (JD=2459258.9891551)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J160834.54+502404.5

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.15+-0.04 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/ZTF21aakvttl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-02-13 11:44:23.001
Flux: 19.8353 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-02-09 12:49:48
Limiting flux: 18.8695 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/2021cvg