Discovery certificate for object 2020bzw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61274 [ 2020TNSTR.413....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-07 19:41:28
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 2020bzw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aamfodd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:31:23.469 (142.84778725) DEC = +17:48:01.87 (17.80051915)
Discovery date: 2020-02-07 06:32:05.000 (JD=2458886.7722801)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J093123.92+174802.7
Host redshift: 0.139818

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.18+-0.03 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aamfodd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-07 06:32:05.000
Flux: 19.5387 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-07 06:00:29
Limiting flux: 19.4613 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/2020bzw