Discovery certificate for object 2020aalv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 90197 [ 2020TNSTR3500....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-19 17:05:35
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Hernandez-Garcia, G. Pignata, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, 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 2020aalv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acrvokk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:41:03.800 (70.2658341) DEC = -20:33:34.91 (-20.55969785)
Discovery date: 2020-11-16 09:06:31.003 (JD=2459169.8795255)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J044103.81-203335.0

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.12+-0.06 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acrvokk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-16 09:06:31.003
Flux: 19.9442 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-16 08:02:00
Limiting flux: 19.7471 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/2020aalv