Discovery certificate for object 2020cox
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61898 [ 2020TNSTR.511....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-15 09:56:09
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: SN 2020cox
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aamksoq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:17:09.946 (184.29144106667) DEC = +03:38:00.36 (3.6334334666667)
Discovery date: 2020-02-07 11:01:59.000 (JD=2458886.9597222)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-07 11:01:59.000
Flux: 19.97 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-04 12:29:39
Limiting flux: 19.7916 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/2020cox