Discovery certificate for object 2020aog
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59606 [ 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: AT 2020aog
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaheyvo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:00:52.794 (150.2199738) DEC = +25:31:55.27 (25.5320187666667)
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 07:33:18.000 (JD=2458871.8147917)

Potential host galaxy: LEDA 1740003

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaheyvo

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 07:33:18.000
Flux: 19.9385 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-18 08:52:00
Limiting flux: 20.2556 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/2020aog