Discovery certificate for object 2020ckp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61735 [ 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: SN 2020ckp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aamwfea
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:36:21.245 (129.0885202) DEC = -25:31:58.57 (-25.5329358)
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 06:01:54.000 (JD=2458892.7513194)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J083621.44-253200.8
Host redshift: 0.029851

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.19+-0.00 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aamwfea

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 06:01:54.000
Flux: 17.0059 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-30 07:01:01
Limiting flux: 19.5689 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/2020ckp