Discovery certificate for object 2020abto
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91782 [ 2020TNSTR3686....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-06 13:38:11
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 2020abto
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acvlhdc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:01:27.990 (225.3666245) DEC = +22:10:12.01 (22.1700031)
Discovery date: 2020-12-06 13:11:48.768 (JD=2459190.0498727)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-06 13:11:48.768
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

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