Discovery certificate for object 2020bka
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60553 [ 2020TNSTR.330....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-30 12:29:40
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: SN 2020bka
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aahgmud
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:41:44.464 (190.43526716) DEC = +17:34:43.86 (17.5788511)
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 10:37:28.000 (JD=2458871.9426852)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 10:37:28.000
Flux: 20.49 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-19 11:33:26
Limiting flux: 20.3805 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/2020bka