Discovery certificate for object 2020dcm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62449 [ 2020TNSTR.600....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-22 04:41:35
Sender: Dr. Danny Goldstein
Reporting Group: ZUDS     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Danny Goldstein (Caltech), Peter Nugent (LBNL), Ariel Goobar (Stockholm), Suhail Dhawan (Stockholm) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020dcm
Discoverer internal name: ZUDS20dofxx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:56:07.720 (224.032167) DEC = +46:19:35.28 (46.326467)
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 00:00:00.000 (JD=2458871.5)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J145607.74+461935.4


Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 00:00:00.000
Flux: 20.5 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-17 00:00:00
Limiting flux: 20.8 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020dcm