Discovery certificate for object 2020cry
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62026 [ 2020TNSTR.518....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-16 13:23:27
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 2020cry
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaodnaa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:54:58.255 (223.7427308) DEC = -01:32:30.19 (-1.5417186)
Discovery date: 2020-02-16 12:08:23.000 (JD=2458896.0058333)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-16 12:08:23.000
Flux: 19.08 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-06 12:39:22
Limiting flux: 20.1305 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/2020cry