Discovery certificate for object 2021hou
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 104688 [ 2021TNSTR.979....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-04-01 20:00:26
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, L. Hernandez-Garcia, 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 2021hou
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aardqph
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:20:16.356 (335.068148075) DEC = +19:23:20.93 (19.389146375)
Discovery date: 2021-03-29 12:34:35.000 (JD=2459303.0240162)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J222016.41+192326.1

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/ZTF21aardqph

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-03-29 12:34:35.000
Flux: 19.2223 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-03-28 12:46:05
Limiting flux: 18.392 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/2021hou