Discovery certificate for object 2020amw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59553 [ 2020TNSTR.239....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-23 08:49:14
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_NEW)
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 2020amw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aagkldb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:04:12.081 (136.05033681667) DEC = +36:49:12.58 (36.820160691667)
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 07:17:04.000 (JD=2458871.8035301)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 07:17:04.000
Flux: 19.58 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-23 06:55:54
Limiting flux: 20.1446 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/2020amw