Discovery certificate for object 2020ckj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61729 [ 2020TNSTR.466....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-13 20:32:19
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 2020ckj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aamukyv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:37:12.754 (9.3031434) DEC = +18:08:30.25 (18.1417353)
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 03:11:55.000 (JD=2458892.6332755)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J003712.58+180827.2
Host redshift: 0.127515

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aamukyv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 03:11:55.000
Flux: 19.6125 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-05 03:07:49
Limiting flux: 18.9826 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/2020ckj