Discovery certificate for object 2020jqq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70449 [ 2020TNSTR1297....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-11 20:29:56
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, E. Camacho, 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 2020jqq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aazjiyl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:05:11.929 (196.2997022) DEC = +19:52:26.86 (19.8741285)
Discovery date: 2020-05-11 06:03:03.997 (JD=2458980.7521296)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J130511.91+195226.5
Host redshift: 0.19

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aazjiyl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-11 06:03:03.997
Flux: 20.1679 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-08 05:34:01
Limiting flux: 16.1569 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/2020jqq