Discovery certificate for object 2020boo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60818 [ 2020TNSTR.356....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-01 11:30:08
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 2020boo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aajvcwd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:24:41.819 (186.17424645) DEC = -03:21:12.97 (-3.35360185)
Discovery date: 2020-01-28 12:08:15.000 (JD=2458877.0057292)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-28 12:08:15.000
Flux: 19.35 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-28 08:24:38
Limiting flux: 20.2796 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/2020boo