Discovery certificate for object 2020kgf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71077 [ 2020TNSTR1380....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-17 19:57:09
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 2020kgf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aazyunb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:28:55.178 (187.2299078) DEC = +16:22:45.27 (16.3792421)
Discovery date: 2020-05-17 05:22:43.000 (JD=2458986.7241088)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J122855.13+162246.1
Host redshift: 0.111

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aazyunb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-17 05:22:43.000
Flux: 20.558 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-11 06:04:25
Limiting flux: 20.8057 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/2020kgf