Discovery certificate for object 2020wul
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 85966 [ 2020TNSTR3126....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-15 19:09:25
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 2020wul
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acjkoqb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:38:37.266 (309.6552742) DEC = +06:36:26.62 (6.60739315)
Discovery date: 2020-10-09 02:36:45.003 (JD=2459131.6088542)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASS J20383717+0636273

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acjkoqb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-09 02:36:45.003
Flux: 20.4128 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-07 06:59:20
Limiting flux: 19.6615 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/2020wul