Discovery certificate for object 2020of
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58238 [ 2020TNSTR..67....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-07 17:36:01
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: AT 2020of
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aacbnya
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:02:40.014 (165.666724) DEC = +34:46:14.31 (34.7706411)
Discovery date: 2020-01-07 12:26:27.000 (JD=2458856.0183681)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J110240.15+344614.0
Host redshift: 0.144

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aacbnya

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-07 12:26:27.000
Flux: 20.5322 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-06 12:20:35
Limiting flux: 19.907 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/2020of