Discovery certificate for object 2020qqv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79087 [ 2020TNSTR2361....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-02 22:46:30
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 2020qqv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abpwpxi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:28:58.571 (232.2440453) DEC = +16:08:16.59 (16.1379417)
Discovery date: 2020-08-02 04:00:35.004 (JD=2459063.6670718)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J152858.94+160816.2
Host redshift: 0.092843

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.09+-0.02 mag/day, r-rise > 0.08+-0.02 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abpwpxi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-02 04:00:35.004
Flux: 19.8482 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-01 04:33:54
Limiting flux: 19.8035 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/2020qqv