Discovery certificate for object 2020ofs
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 76066 [ 2020TNSTR2068....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-09 21:05:50
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 2020ofs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abkdhgb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:14:37.059 (33.6544137) DEC = +75:28:19.13 (75.4719792)
Discovery date: 2020-07-09 10:48:14.999 (JD=2459039.9501736)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J021436.00+752817.4

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abkdhgb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-09 10:48:14.999
Flux: 19.0371 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-04 11:37:26
Limiting flux: 19.2362 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/2020ofs