Discovery certificate for object 2020yth
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88212 [ 2020TNSTR3326....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-02 19:19:58
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 2020yth
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acoqpyb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:01:46.478 (30.4436568) DEC = +01:10:15.90 (1.171083)
Discovery date: 2020-11-02 05:12:19.002 (JD=2459155.7168866)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J020146.50+011017.6
Host redshift: 0.130064

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.14+-0.01 mag/day, r-rise > 0.07+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acoqpyb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-02 05:12:19.002
Flux: 19.2892 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-28 09:13:51
Limiting flux: 19.3879 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/2020yth