Discovery certificate for object 2020rnm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80231 [ 2020TNSTR2513....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-17 20:31:30
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 2020rnm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20absvsqn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:40:17.064 (25.0711002) DEC = +00:56:41.78 (0.94493808)
Discovery date: 2020-08-12 10:03:28.996 (JD=2459073.9190856)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J014016.93+005642.5
Host redshift: 0.152456

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20absvsqn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-12 10:03:28.996
Flux: 20.3553 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-12 09:43:01
Limiting flux: 20.0782 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/2020rnm