Discovery certificate for object 2020ftd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65814 [ 2020TNSTR.935....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-02 17:32:23
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 2020ftd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaummmc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:53:04.558 (193.2689908) DEC = -15:27:05.52 (-15.4515341)
Discovery date: 2020-04-02 08:35:05.997 (JD=2458941.8577083)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J125303.79-152701.4
Host redshift: 0.042993

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaummmc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-02 08:35:05.997
Flux: 18.2111 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-05 10:10:07
Limiting flux: 19.5576 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/2020ftd