Discovery certificate for object 2020cvz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62180 [ 2020TNSTR.555....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-19 08:16:23
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 2020cvz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaosnop
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:24:58.456 (156.24356483333) DEC = -12:52:20.24 (-12.872288533333)
Discovery date: 2020-02-19 06:35:42.000 (JD=2458898.7748032)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-19 06:35:42.000
Flux: 19.44 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-15 07:31:12
Limiting flux: 20.331 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/2020cvz