Discovery certificate for object 2020edr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63696 [ 2020TNSTR.742....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-07 00:04:55
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020edr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaqepvb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:00:15.049 (270.0627042) DEC = -03:59:55.84 (-3.9988447)
Discovery date: 2020-02-21 12:24:28.800 (JD=2458901.017)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-21 12:24:28.800
Flux: 19.11 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-16 12:30:14
Limiting flux: 19.66 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/2020edr