Discovery certificate for object 2020xda
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 86319 [ 2020TNSTR3152....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-17 18:02:32
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 2020xda
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20ackgsov
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:27:36.990 (96.904124) DEC = -26:01:02.05 (-26.0172374)
Discovery date: 2020-10-17 11:31:45.998 (JD=2459139.9803935)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J062736.99-260102.0

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20ackgsov

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-17 11:31:45.998
Flux: 18.6722 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020xda