Discovery certificate for object 2020ano
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59588 [ 2020TNSTR.225....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-23 18:24:46
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: SN 2020ano
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aahfqpm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:06:25.176 (196.6049005) DEC = +53:28:45.53 (53.4793135)
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 11:10:01.000 (JD=2458871.9652894)

Potential host galaxy: LEDA 2832023
Host redshift: 0.03105

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.34+-0.03 mag/day, r-rise > 0.20+-0.03 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aahfqpm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 11:10:01.000
Flux: 19.097 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-19 11:50:47
Limiting flux: 20.2751 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/2020ano