Discovery certificate for object 2020wnu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 85704 [ 2020TNSTR3110....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-14 19:04:54
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 2020wnu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acjbsnv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:22:05.664 (20.5236011) DEC = +13:21:10.89 (13.3530252)
Discovery date: 2020-10-14 07:54:50.003 (JD=2459136.8297454)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J012205.58+132109.9
Host redshift: 0.359

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.13+-0.08 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acjbsnv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-14 07:54:50.003
Flux: 20.14 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-12 07:55:04
Limiting flux: 20.3932 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/2020wnu