Discovery certificate for object 2020mkg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 73801 [ 2020TNSTR1758....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-12 21:41:28
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 2020mkg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abekegj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:30.022 (254.1250908) DEC = +33:04:01.11 (33.0669737)
Discovery date: 2020-06-11 06:13:28.004 (JD=2459011.7593519)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J165629.71+330345.5
Host redshift: 0.08663

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abekegj

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-11 06:13:28.004
Flux: 20.5195 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-08 07:40:43
Limiting flux: 19.7649 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/2020mkg