Discovery certificate for object 2020cnd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61829 [ 2020TNSTR.482....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-14 18:42:40
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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 2020cnd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aanavhu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:11:28.344 (62.8681008) DEC = +29:42:58.52 (29.7162561)
Discovery date: 2020-02-14 03:21:52.000 (JD=2458893.6401852)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J041128.39+294259.3

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aanavhu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-14 03:21:52.000
Flux: 19.8852 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-11 05:26:59
Limiting flux: 19.2334 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/2020cnd