Discovery certificate for object 2020bks
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60592 [ 2020TNSTR.330....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-30 14:29:32
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: AT 2020bks
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aajcfbw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:02:25.101 (225.60458696) DEC = +34:12:38.98 (34.21082722)
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 13:22:22.000 (JD=2458873.0572106)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 13:22:22.000
Flux: 20 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-24 10:45:45
Limiting flux: 20.2074 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/2020bks