Discovery certificate for object 2020zjn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88950 [ 2020TNSTR3425....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-12 21:03:09
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 2020zjn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acpujxl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:08:08.772 (77.0365515) DEC = +10:23:01.64 (10.38378935)
Discovery date: 2020-11-12 09:04:39.996 (JD=2459165.8782407)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J050808.37+102302.7

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.10+-0.00 mag/day, r-rise > 0.09+-0.00 mag/day) classified by ALeRCE using the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF20acpujxl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-12 09:04:39.996
Flux: 18.864 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-05 10:43:19
Limiting flux: 19.4923 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/2020zjn