Discovery certificate for object 2020skq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 81171 [ 2020TNSTR2708....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-03 19:09:18
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 2020skq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abygoad
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:33:40.944 (83.4206) DEC = -03:30:46.23 (-3.5128413)
Discovery date: 2020-09-03 11:14:23.004 (JD=2459095.9683218)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J053341.60-033059.7
Host redshift: 0.021613

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abygoad

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-03 11:14:23.004
Flux: 19.3117 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-31 11:51:53
Limiting flux: 20.3029 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/2020skq