Discovery certificate for object 2020xlv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 86653 [ 2020TNSTR3172....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-19 21:43:36
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 2020xlv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aclgduc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:10:14.655 (107.56106455) DEC = +39:02:50.90 (39.0474716)
Discovery date: 2020-10-19 11:09:38.998 (JD=2459141.9650347)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J071014.98+390251.3
Host redshift: 0.086

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aclgduc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-19 11:09:38.998
Flux: 20.5481 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-17 11:43:14
Limiting flux: 20.5358 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/2020xlv