Discovery certificate for object 2020U
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57446 [ 2020TNSTR...1....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-01 15:55:04
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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, F.E. Bauer, 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 2020U
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aahsxrw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:14:31.920 (183.6330011) DEC = +30:17:53.42 (30.2981721)
Discovery date: 2020-01-01 12:05:17.000 (JD=2458850.003669)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J121431.90+301753.6
Host redshift: 0.134252

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF18aahsxrw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-01 12:05:17.000
Flux: 20.5422 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-29 12:27:01
Limiting flux: 20.5228 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/2020U