Discovery certificate for object 2020dkq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62847 [ 2020TNSTR.630....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-26 01:27:13
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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 2020dkq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aarbmuu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:30:16.551 (232.568962233333) DEC = +09:09:25.84 (9.157178)
Discovery date: 2020-02-25 12:55:33.001 (JD=2458905.0385764)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J153016.42+090925.3
Host redshift: 0.151

Remarks: Early SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aarbmuu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-25 12:55:33.001
Flux: 19.7672 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-25 12:06:36
Limiting flux: 20.2946 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/2020dkq