Discovery certificate for object 2020tqa
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82571 [ 2020TNSTR2842....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-18 23:20:08
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 2020tqa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acadflk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:37:06.943 (354.2789289) DEC = -20:27:46.73 (-20.4629792)
Discovery date: 2020-09-18 06:33:07.001 (JD=2459110.7729977)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 605- G 016
Host redshift: 0.026375

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/ZTF20acadflk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-18 06:33:07.001
Flux: 16.9888 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-18 06:32:27
Limiting flux: 18.9258 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/2020tqa