Discovery certificate for object 2020ahd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59204 [ 2020TNSTR.182....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-19 19:08:40
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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 2020ahd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aagxvqn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:56:59.577 (194.2482358) DEC = +19:42:14.21 (19.7039481)
Discovery date: 2020-01-19 11:35:24.000 (JD=2458867.9829167)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J125659.63+194215.1
Host redshift: 0.064524

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aagxvqn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-19 11:35:24.000
Flux: 19.9532 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-11 11:33:39
Limiting flux: 19.7578 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/2020ahd