Discovery certificate for object 2020fsb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65786 [ 2020TNSTR.935....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-02 16:36:20
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, L. Galbany, 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: SN 2020fsb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaunfpj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:39:03.812 (234.765884) DEC = -25:58:28.36 (-25.9745434)
Discovery date: 2020-04-02 10:01:39.000 (JD=2458941.9178125)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 515- G 004
Host redshift: 0.007515

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaunfpj

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-02 10:01:39.000
Flux: 16.5732 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-07 12:02:53
Limiting flux: 19.481 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/2020fsb