Discovery certificate for object 2020acur
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 93003 [ 2020TNSTR3809....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-16 02:57:57
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 2020acur
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acwscli
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:18:33.921 (4.6413377333333) DEC = -01:55:52.42 (-1.9312271666667)
Discovery date: 2020-12-11 03:27:31.104 (JD=2459194.6441088)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-11 03:27:31.104
Flux: 19.42 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-04 03:34:07
Limiting flux: 19.9068 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/2020acur