Discovery certificate for object 2020qrx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79131 [ 2020TNSTR2374....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-04 00:12:08
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: SN 2020qrx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abqdkne
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:23:58.381 (20.9932556) DEC = +17:22:09.53 (17.3693148)
Discovery date: 2020-08-03 10:07:32.998 (JD=2459064.9219097)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J012358.44+172207.7
Host redshift: 0.016

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 1.00 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abqdkne

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-03 10:07:32.998
Flux: 19.2356 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-03 09:29:07
Limiting flux: 19.5657 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/2020qrx