Discovery certificate for object 2020tpo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82553 [ 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: AT 2020tpo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abzxdmk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:30:16.243 (352.567680933333) DEC = +23:02:00.99 (23.0336082333333)
Discovery date: 2020-09-14 08:10:35.996 (JD=2459106.8406944)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J233016.29+230203.0
Host redshift: 0.066

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20abzxdmk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-14 08:10:35.996
Flux: 20.7068 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-14 07:53:47
Limiting flux: 20.4614 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/2020tpo