Discovery certificate for object 2020dic
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62748 [ 2020TNSTR.624....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-25 08:17:49
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 2020dic
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaqvzko
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:55:54.336 (178.97639845) DEC = +80:12:33.61 (80.20933605)
Discovery date: 2020-02-25 04:55:05.000 (JD=2458904.704919)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-25 04:55:05.000
Flux: 19.59 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-22 09:29:45
Limiting flux: 20.251 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/2020dic