Discovery certificate for object 2020bvz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61106 [ 2020TNSTR.401....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-05 07:33:31
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 2020bvz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aalzuir
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:13:51.150 (138.46312385) DEC = +00:27:55.61 (0.46544655)
Discovery date: 2020-02-05 05:08:34.000 (JD=2458884.714294)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-05 05:08:34.000
Flux: 17.7 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-02 07:01:52
Limiting flux: 20.1393 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/2020bvz