Discovery certificate for object 2020abkq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91425 [ 2020TNSTR3629....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-02 21:37:43
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, 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: SN 2020abkq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acusqsp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:30:22.521 (142.5938377) DEC = -21:27:13.00 (-21.4536108)
Discovery date: 2020-12-02 11:35:23.001 (JD=2459185.9829051)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J093022.57-212710.6

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.13+-0.02 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/ZTF20acusqsp

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-02 11:35:23.001
Flux: 19.4721 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-01 12:32:56
Limiting flux: 19.2524 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/2020abkq