Discovery certificate for object 2020pnh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77692 [ 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 2020pnh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20ablykun
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:20:58.697 (245.2445698) DEC = +37:13:32.61 (37.2257253)
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 04:57:28.002 (JD=2459046.7065741)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J162058.69+371333.6
Host redshift: 0.069975

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.32+-0.04 mag/day, r-rise > 0.24+-0.05 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20ablykun

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 04:57:28.002
Flux: 20.0245 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 06:20:08
Limiting flux: 20.7192 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/2020pnh