Discovery certificate for object 2020dok
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63002 [ 2020TNSTR.630....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-26 21:10:46
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 2020dok
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aardebm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:48:36.914 (132.15381) DEC = +12:30:01.73 (12.5004813)
Discovery date: 2020-02-26 05:29:02.996 (JD=2458905.7285069)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J084836.98+123005.6

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.34+-0.10 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aardebm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-26 05:29:02.996
Flux: 19.8096 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-24 06:59:19
Limiting flux: 20.7304 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/2020dok