Discovery certificate for object 2020mo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58144 [ 2020TNSTR..57....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-06 17:48:50
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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: SN 2020mo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aadzwnu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:33:24.031 (338.3501282) DEC = +11:30:43.92 (11.5122013)
Discovery date: 2020-01-06 02:38:03.000 (JD=2458854.6097569)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J223323.55+113045.0
Host redshift: 0.022

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.22+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aadzwnu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-06 02:38:03.000
Flux: 17.3154 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-03 02:58:06
Limiting flux: 17.7316 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/2020mo