Discovery certificate for object 2020nwc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 75602 [ 2020TNSTR2011....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-02 18:34:13
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 2020nwc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abjipyr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:09:53.911 (302.4746275) DEC = -20:21:58.53 (-20.3662579)
Discovery date: 2020-07-02 09:02:15.000 (JD=2459032.8765625)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J20095327-2021534
Host redshift: 0.051499

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.63+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abjipyr

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-02 09:02:15.000
Flux: 16.971 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-02 08:03:12
Limiting flux: 19.5541 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/2020nwc