Discovery certificate for object 2020rcw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79648 [ 2020TNSTR2449....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-11 19:55:05
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 2020rcw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abrhiqr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:55:32.985 (313.8874361) DEC = +03:52:53.49 (3.8815241)
Discovery date: 2020-08-11 08:07:10.001 (JD=2459072.8383102)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J205533.09+035252.7
Host redshift: 0.141

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abrhiqr

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-11 08:07:10.001
Flux: 20.1968 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-11 07:34:22
Limiting flux: 20.5357 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/2020rcw