Discovery certificate for object 2021dik
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 99990 [ 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: AT 2021dik
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aalyutg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:57:08.296 (239.2845683) DEC = +29:43:11.28 (29.7198001666667)
Discovery date: 2021-02-18 12:21:27.999 (JD=2459264.0149074)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J155708.31+294311.3

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/ZTF21aalyutg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-02-18 12:21:27.999
Flux: 20.2204 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-02-18 11:38:51
Limiting flux: 19.7162 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/2021dik