Discovery certificate for object 2020aaby
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 89706 [ 2020TNSTR3484....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-17 08:16:06
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020aaby
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acpmfsg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:45:16.946 (71.320606457143) DEC = +07:46:04.34 (7.7678734285714)
Discovery date: 2020-11-11 07:57:52.704 (JD=2459164.8318634)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-11 07:57:52.704
Flux: 19.88 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-30 09:39:44
Limiting flux: 19.5629 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020aaby