Discovery certificate for object 2020rox
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80273 [ 2020TNSTR2527....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-18 19:55:03
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 2020rox
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abuegnx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:33:26.738 (8.361406875) DEC = +21:36:25.15 (21.60698495)
Discovery date: 2020-08-16 10:23:08.002 (JD=2459077.9327315)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J003326.79+213625.4
Host redshift: 0.162

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abuegnx

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-16 10:23:08.002
Flux: 20.8529 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-16 09:29:07
Limiting flux: 20.7474 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/2020rox