Discovery certificate for object 2020edt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63699 [ 2020TNSTR.743....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-07 08:46:18
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 2020edt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaegybo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:12:40.359 (93.16816155) DEC = -20:30:52.33 (-20.514536766667)
Discovery date: 2020-02-26 03:34:03.360 (JD=2458905.6486458)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-26 03:34:03.360
Flux: 16.15 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-25 04:02:44
Limiting flux: 19.9184 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/2020edt