Discovery certificate for object 2020qyu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79469 [ 2020TNSTR2421....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-08 20:28:35
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 2020qyu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abqshzc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:46:35.902 (296.6495912) DEC = +65:56:00.02 (65.9333401)
Discovery date: 2020-08-08 07:22:19.004 (JD=2459069.8071644)


Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abqshzc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-08 07:22:19.004
Flux: 20.0257 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-08 05:52:26
Limiting flux: 20.3977 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/2020qyu