Discovery certificate for object 2020bht
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60454 [ 2020TNSTR.315....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-29 03:45:39
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 2020bht
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aakdokj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:14:07.645 (18.5318554) DEC = +20:16:19.83 (20.2721758)
Discovery date: 2020-01-26 03:53:26.000 (JD=2458874.6621065)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-26 03:53:26.000
Flux: 19.79 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-26 02:43:17
Limiting flux: 20.373 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/2020bht