Discovery certificate for object 2020ofk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 76057 [ 2020TNSTR2068....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-09 13:24:18
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 2020ofk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abjwhze
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:50:03.498 (222.514573) DEC = +07:13:42.34 (7.2284286)
Discovery date: 2020-07-08 04:34:05.998 (JD=2459038.6903472)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J145003.62+071342.8
Host redshift: 0.135514

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abjwhze

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-08 04:34:05.998
Flux: 19.9581 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-05 07:04:30
Limiting flux: 19.0621 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/2020ofk