Discovery certificate for object 2020bpv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60874 [ 2020TNSTR.367....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-02 05:30:09
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 2020bpv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abzdrfq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:26:06.429 (111.526787425) DEC = +20:39:59.00 (20.6663897875)
Discovery date: 2020-01-31 04:45:22.000 (JD=2458879.6981829)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-31 04:45:22.000
Flux: 19.57 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-30 04:58:07
Limiting flux: 19.8614 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/2020bpv