Discovery certificate for object 2020msm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 74207 [ 2020TNSTR1801....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-15 21:21:13
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 2020msm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abfelub
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:10:34.240 (197.6426681) DEC = +14:54:36.23 (14.9100644)
Discovery date: 2020-06-15 05:12:57.001 (JD=2459015.7173264)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J131034.50+145437.5
Host redshift: 0.103

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abfelub

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-15 05:12:57.001
Flux: 20.4705 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-15 05:12:17
Limiting flux: 20.3953 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/2020msm