Discovery certificate for object 2020fzz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 66196 [ 2020TNSTR.968....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-05 20:20:18
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, 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 2020fzz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aauqdhi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:59:12.352 (179.8014679) DEC = +34:17:08.37 (34.2856589)
Discovery date: 2020-04-05 08:13:06.004 (JD=2458944.8424306)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J115912.19+341708.4
Host redshift: 0.433

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.27+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aauqdhi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-05 08:13:06.004
Flux: 17.7445 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-31 08:51:42
Limiting flux: 19.0851 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/2020fzz