Discovery certificate for object 2020dcp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62452 [ 2020TNSTR.599....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-22 09:16:56
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 2020dcp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaosoct
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:53:45.429 (148.43928566667) DEC = -04:59:31.87 (-4.9921849333333)
Discovery date: 2020-02-19 06:35:03.000 (JD=2458898.7743519)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-19 06:35:03.000
Flux: 20.07 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-15 07:35:10
Limiting flux: 20.5459 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/2020dcp