Discovery certificate for object 2020acg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58975 [ 2020TNSTR.166....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-17 06:27:03
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Andreoni and D. Goldstein (Caltech) on behalf of the DECam-GROWTH team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020acg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aafemdh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:17:40.103 (109.4170976) DEC = +17:55:10.62 (17.9196179)
Discovery date: 2020-01-14 04:07:40.000 (JD=2458862.6719907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-14 04:07:40.000
Flux: 21.45 ABMag
Filter: r-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-14 03:34:33
Limiting flux: 21.36 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope


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