Discovery certificate for object 2020qks
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78781 [ 2020TNSTR2306....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-28 15:16:26
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 2020qks
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abpawnn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:57:34.849 (329.3952034) DEC = +02:56:53.31 (2.9481412)
Discovery date: 2020-07-27 08:44:28.997 (JD=2459057.8642245)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J215734.91+025652.0
Host redshift: 0.284939

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abpawnn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-27 08:44:28.997
Flux: 20.6985 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-24 10:35:07
Limiting flux: 20.7037 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/2020qks