Discovery certificate for object 2020dze
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63499 [ 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 2020dze
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aasiuwa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:35:38.375 (233.9098969) DEC = -00:33:36.16 (-0.5600434)
Discovery date: 2020-03-04 11:32:18.001 (JD=2458912.9807639)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J153538.34-003338.6
Host redshift: 0.162247

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aasiuwa

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-04 11:32:18.001
Flux: 20.2232 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-26 12:32:15
Limiting flux: 19.779 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/2020dze