Discovery certificate for object 2020qqf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79047 [ 2020TNSTR2353....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-01 19:47:40
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 2020qqf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abnbjjz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:46:45.655 (71.6902275) DEC = +53:33:30.64 (53.5585115)
Discovery date: 2020-07-31 10:58:02.001 (JD=2459061.9569676)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J044645.96+533327.9

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abnbjjz

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-31 10:58:02.001
Flux: 19.2684 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020qqf