Discovery certificate for object 2020zft
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88799 [ 2020TNSTR3415....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-11 21:42:04
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 2020zft
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acpjvzv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:44:01.694 (356.0070603) DEC = +08:55:17.23 (8.9214524)
Discovery date: 2020-11-11 05:04:56.004 (JD=2459164.7117593)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J234401.69+085516.1
Host redshift: 0.346

Remarks: SN candidate classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acpjvzv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-11 05:04:56.004
Flux: 19.948 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-04 07:46:09
Limiting flux: 19.7791 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/2020zft