Discovery certificate for object 2020pmq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77675 [ 2020TNSTR2150....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-16 20:02:41
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, A. Mourao, 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, 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 2020pmq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abmdidu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:22:15.656 (5.5652317) DEC = +18:33:51.83 (18.5643961)
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 10:37:02.004 (JD=2459046.9423843)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J002215.61+183350.6
Host redshift: 0.133

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abmdidu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 10:37:02.004
Flux: 20.3979 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-13 11:03:37
Limiting flux: 20.3542 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/2020pmq