Discovery certificate for object 2020cpf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61910 [ 2020TNSTR.511....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-15 13:23:03
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: SN 2020cpf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aanvliy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:54:15.783 (208.5657617) DEC = +01:49:45.34 (1.82926)
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 12:02:45.000 (JD=2458895.0019213)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN. . See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria..

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 12:02:45.000
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-08 12:28:54
Limiting flux: 19.8127 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/2020cpf