Discovery certificate for object 2020bvj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61080 [ 2020TNSTR.380....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-04 21:25:43
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, 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 2020bvj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aalycbo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:52:16.624 (178.0692683) DEC = +60:20:48.97 (60.3469364)
Discovery date: 2020-02-04 10:44:29.000 (JD=2458883.9475579)

Potential host galaxy: MCG +10-17-094
Host redshift: 0.034226

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.51+-0.10 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aalycbo

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-04 10:44:29.000
Flux: 19.6381 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-02 10:49:54
Limiting flux: 20.6522 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/2020bvj