Discovery certificate for object 2020nwg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 75606 [ 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 2020nwg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abjgqic
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:42:24.693 (190.60288875) DEC = +40:02:21.59 (40.0393311)
Discovery date: 2020-07-02 04:47:10.000 (JD=2459032.6994213)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J124224.78+400223.6
Host redshift: 0.059

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.14+-0.02 mag/day, r-rise > 0.08+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abjgqic

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-02 04:47:10.000
Flux: 19.4533 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-29 05:46:31
Limiting flux: 19.5247 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/2020nwg