Discovery certificate for object 2020cza
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62328 [ 2020TNSTR.562....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-20 17:28:21
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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 2020cza
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aappfuo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:48:02.936 (237.0122321) DEC = +05:56:19.52 (5.9387547)
Discovery date: 2020-02-20 12:26:07.000 (JD=2458900.0181366)

Potential host galaxy: CGCG 050-106
Host redshift: 0.041906

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aappfuo

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-20 12:26:07.000
Flux: 19.8992 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-15 13:29:57
Limiting flux: 19.7652 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/2020cza