Discovery certificate for object 2020dzb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63496 [ 2020TNSTR.705....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-04 17:43:50
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 2020dzb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aasivcq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:59:28.752 (254.8698009) DEC = -05:07:07.43 (-5.1187292)
Discovery date: 2020-03-04 11:35:33.999 (JD=2458912.9830324)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J165928.61-050704.0
Host redshift: 0.072247

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aasivcq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-04 11:35:33.999
Flux: 19.668 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 13:07:09
Limiting flux: 19.952 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/2020dzb