Discovery certificate for object 2020nwh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 75607 [ 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 2020nwh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abjknyv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:44:58.918 (311.2454928) DEC = -06:44:32.57 (-6.7423799)
Discovery date: 2020-07-02 08:03:51.998 (JD=2459032.8360185)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J204458.91-064434.2
Host redshift: 0.183

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abjknyv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-02 08:03:51.998
Flux: 20.1347 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-28 11:31:08
Limiting flux: 19.8812 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/2020nwh