Discovery certificate for object 2021pc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 95995 [ 2021TNSTR..67....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-07 16:50:36
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, A. Mourao, G. Pignata, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, 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 2021pc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aabpszb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:14:04.821 (18.52008545) DEC = -01:44:24.62 (-1.74017305)
Discovery date: 2021-01-07 03:50:09.001 (JD=2459221.6598264)

Potential host galaxy: UGC 00784
Host redshift: 0.016348

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.12+-0.02 mag/day, r-rise > 0.55+-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/ZTF21aabpszb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-01-07 03:50:09.001
Flux: 19.1459 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-01-05 04:07:56
Limiting flux: 20.1276 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/2021pc