Discovery certificate for object 2020xmq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 86674 [ 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 2020xmq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aclfqyr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:50:11.296 (147.5470668) DEC = +19:18:41.46 (19.31151765)
Discovery date: 2020-10-17 12:09:24.002 (JD=2459140.0065278)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J095011.30+191841.0
Host redshift: 0.134

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20aclfqyr

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-17 12:09:24.002
Flux: 19.9754 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-14 12:33:07
Limiting flux: 20.32 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/2020xmq