Discovery certificate for object 2020tqb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82572 [ 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 2020tqb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acajuzb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:06:11.751 (1.5489621) DEC = +11:07:22.33 (11.1228688)
Discovery date: 2020-09-18 08:46:59.998 (JD=2459110.8659722)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J000611.78+110718.4
Host redshift: 0.086

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.43+-0.14 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acajuzb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-18 08:46:59.998
Flux: 19.6805 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-17 09:21:42
Limiting flux: 20.0968 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/2020tqb