Discovery certificate for object 2020jqs
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70451 [ 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 2020jqs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aayvsxe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:11:46.947 (212.9456113) DEC = +43:05:54.63 (43.09850765)
Discovery date: 2020-05-11 05:28:09.998 (JD=2458980.7278935)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J141146.75+430552.0
Host redshift: 0.153826

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.08+-0.01 mag/day, r-rise > 0.07+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aayvsxe

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-11 05:28:09.998
Flux: 19.8465 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-08 08:16:32
Limiting flux: 18.8101 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2020jqs