Discovery certificate for object 2020bp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57552 [ 2020TNSTR..13....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-02 17:15:41
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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 2020bp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aabqlhm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:44:11.763 (176.0490141) DEC = -08:56:36.12 (-8.9433663)
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 12:33:12.000 (JD=2458851.0230556)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J114411.68-085635.8

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aabqlhm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 12:33:12.000
Flux: 19.4513 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-20 13:05:23
Limiting flux: 19.1719 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/2020bp