Discovery certificate for object 2020bay
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60127 [ 2020TNSTR.284....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-27 03:45:13
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 2020bay
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aahhvci
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:20:10.914 (20.045476275) DEC = -00:00:02.11 (-0.00058745)
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 02:40:43.000 (JD=2458872.6116204)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 02:40:43.000
Flux: 19.16 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-14 03:01:16
Limiting flux: 20.5252 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/2020bay