Discovery certificate for object 2020vb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58657 [ 2020TNSTR.115....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-13 20:35:42
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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, F.E. Bauer, 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 2020vb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaeyzuw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:23:05.142 (335.7714255) DEC = +05:11:32.20 (5.1922774)
Discovery date: 2020-01-13 02:14:51.000 (JD=2458861.5936458)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J222305.17+051132.5
Host redshift: 0.146

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aaeyzuw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-13 02:14:51.000
Flux: 19.1143 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-06 02:37:24
Limiting flux: 18.9632 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/2020vb