Discovery certificate for object 2020drk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63126 [ 2020TNSTR.665....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-28 19:13:03
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
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 2020drk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaozhyr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:27:27.865 (171.866102775) DEC = +23:59:51.25 (23.9975702625)
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 07:31:26.400 (JD=2458903.8134954)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 07:31:26.400
Flux: 19.8 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-22 09:06:45
Limiting flux: 20.3907 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/2020drk