Discovery certificate for object 2020cnu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61849 [ 2020TNSTR.510....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-15 00:58:24
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020cnu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aambtea
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:24:08.164 (66.0340157) DEC = -27:04:47.46 (-27.0798495)
Discovery date: 2020-02-06 03:48:57.000 (JD=2458885.6589931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-06 03:48:57.000
Flux: 18.07 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-03 04:01:55
Limiting flux: 19.18 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/2020cnu