Discovery certificate for object 2020absb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91721 [ 2020TNSTR3686....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-06 03:38:24
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 2020absb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acufblq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:27:57.608 (351.99003434) DEC = +21:06:16.20 (21.1044987)
Discovery date: 2020-12-04 02:57:45.216 (JD=2459187.6234375)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-04 02:57:45.216
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-01 04:12:04
Limiting flux: 19.7142 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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