Discovery certificate for object 2020hjc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 67720 [ 2020TNSTR1034....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-15 19:17:16
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, J. Silva-Farfan, 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 2020hjc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aautajq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:10:34.420 (167.6434175) DEC = +58:45:53.71 (58.7649198)
Discovery date: 2020-04-15 05:07:46.998 (JD=2458954.7137384)

Potential host galaxy: MCG +10-16-071
Host redshift: 0.046063

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aautajq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-15 05:07:46.998
Flux: 20.0323 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-05 08:22:25
Limiting flux: 19.5254 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/2020hjc