Discovery certificate for object 2020csg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62034 [ 2020TNSTR.514....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-16 16:52:00
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 2020csg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaobytx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:48:45.604 (162.1900158) DEC = -00:00:34.25 (-0.0095132)
Discovery date: 2020-02-16 09:08:29.000 (JD=2458895.8808912)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J104845.61-000030.6
Host redshift: 0.167115

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaobytx

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-16 09:08:29.000
Flux: 20.1595 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-13 08:32:31
Limiting flux: 19.6248 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/2020csg