Discovery certificate for object 2021vj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 96264 [ 2021TNSTR..88....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-09 19:24:35
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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 2021vj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aacufpi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:15:59.043 (213.9960123) DEC = +18:30:49.52 (18.5137554)
Discovery date: 2021-01-09 12:28:34.003 (JD=2459224.019838)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J14155918+1830496
Host redshift: 0.056591

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/ZTF21aacufpi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-01-09 12:28:34.003
Flux: 20.1472 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-01-07 12:40:13
Limiting flux: 19.362 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/2021vj