Discovery certificate for object 2021dib
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 99980 [ 2021TNSTR.513....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-02-19 16:38:34
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, A. Mourao, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, 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: SN 2021dib
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aalhgqi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:34:56.656 (173.7360671) DEC = +09:02:19.17 (9.0386579)
Discovery date: 2021-02-17 08:06:36.996 (JD=2459262.8379282)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J113456.67+090218.4

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/ZTF21aalhgqi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-02-17 08:06:36.996
Flux: 20.5943 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-02-12 09:05:08
Limiting flux: 20.2357 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/2021dib