Discovery certificate for object 2020tpn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82552 [ 2020TNSTR2842....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-18 16:33:07
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: SN 2020tpn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abzvxyk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:50:58.471 (357.74362945) DEC = +20:27:20.02 (20.4555603333333)
Discovery date: 2020-09-15 08:22:22.999 (JD=2459107.8488773)


Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abzvxyk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-15 08:22:22.999
Flux: 20.6136 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-14 08:53:44
Limiting flux: 20.0182 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/2020tpn