Discovery certificate for object 2020avj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59908 [ 2020TNSTR.253....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-25 16:33:36
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 2020avj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaidgbm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:15:57.544 (183.98976465) DEC = -04:52:34.17 (-4.87615795)
Discovery date: 2020-01-25 09:35:06.000 (JD=2458873.899375)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J121557.44-045235.0

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.06+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaidgbm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-25 09:35:06.000
Flux: 19.3039 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-13 11:02:20
Limiting flux: 18.923 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/2020avj