Discovery certificate for object 2020rfr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79922 [ 2020TNSTR2457....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-12 17:44:56
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 2020rfr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abrmmah
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:39:49.297 (339.9554034) DEC = -06:26:15.95 (-6.43776455)
Discovery date: 2020-08-12 08:01:12.996 (JD=2459073.8341782)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J223949.25-062616.3
Host redshift: 0.475

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abrmmah

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-12 08:01:12.996
Flux: 19.6744 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 09:38:21
Limiting flux: 19.9622 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/2020rfr