Discovery certificate for object 2020fmt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65503 [ 2020TNSTR.908....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-30 01:00:17
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 2020fmt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aatupwl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:20.552 (254.08563355) DEC = +54:29:13.61 (54.4871131)
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 11:37:58.002 (JD=2458936.9846991)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J165620.85+542913.2

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aatupwl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 11:37:58.002
Flux: 19.8104 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-07 12:41:50
Limiting flux: 20.4491 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/2020fmt