Discovery certificate for object 2020vnw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 84670 [ 2020TNSTR3064....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-09 19:39:49
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, A. Munoz-Arancibia, L. Hernandez-Garcia, G. Pignata, 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 2020vnw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20achqzda
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:16:09.803 (19.0408477) DEC = +42:55:02.29 (42.9173026)
Discovery date: 2020-10-07 06:15:35.997 (JD=2459129.7608333)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J011609.71+425503.1

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20achqzda

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-07 06:15:35.997
Flux: 20.5682 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-05 09:44:48
Limiting flux: 18.0857 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/2020vnw