Discovery certificate for object 2020cgw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61568 [ 2020TNSTR.461....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-12 03:24:57
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 2020cgw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acwkwhu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:30:22.976 (22.59573385) DEC = +32:53:51.90 (32.89774945)
Discovery date: 2020-02-08 02:38:18.000 (JD=2458887.6099421)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-08 02:38:18.000
Flux: 19.26 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-03 02:53:39
Limiting flux: 19.8185 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/2020cgw