Discovery certificate for object 2020bbi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60151 [ 2020TNSTR.284....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-27 08:45:13
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: SN 2020bbi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aahjymt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:32:38.531 (128.16054716667) DEC = -04:17:09.67 (-4.2860207333333)
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 05:35:08.000 (JD=2458872.7327431)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 05:35:08.000
Flux: 19.17 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-19 09:12:29
Limiting flux: 20.406 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/2020bbi