Discovery certificate for object 2020sfo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80915 [ 2020TNSTR2654....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-29 19:17:11
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, L. Hernandez-Garcia, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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 2020sfo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abxqbrq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:49:40.888 (27.4203682) DEC = +27:08:05.62 (27.1348933)
Discovery date: 2020-08-29 11:43:37.001 (JD=2459090.9886227)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J014940.92+270803.5
Host redshift: 0.587

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 1.00 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abxqbrq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-29 11:43:37.001
Flux: 20.0589 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-29 11:17:11
Limiting flux: 20.5303 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/2020sfo