Discovery certificate for object 2020ytn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88218 [ 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: SN 2020ytn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acordqz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:34:29.124 (8.6213498) DEC = +01:18:21.62 (1.306006)
Discovery date: 2020-11-02 05:58:16.000 (JD=2459155.7487963)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J003429.14+011820.0
Host redshift: 0.059

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.10+-0.01 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acordqz

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-02 05:58:16.000
Flux: 19.4368 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-02 04:01:26
Limiting flux: 19.2247 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/2020ytn