Discovery certificate for object 2020dhq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62717 [ 2020TNSTR.617....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-25 00:18:28
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 2020dhq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaqkabv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:20:45.554 (110.1898075) DEC = +41:12:42.60 (41.2118337)
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 04:16:43.000 (JD=2458903.6782755)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J072046.35+411243.0
Host redshift: 0.088056

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.14+-0.06 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaqkabv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 04:16:43.000
Flux: 20.0756 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-21 07:12:28
Limiting flux: 20.4724 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/2020dhq