Discovery certificate for object 2020fyt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 66142 [ 2020TNSTR.977....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-05 10:56:28
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 2020fyt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaupolv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:01:30.346 (180.3764422) DEC = +59:19:09.29 (59.31924695)
Discovery date: 2020-04-05 09:18:05.184 (JD=2458944.8875579)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-05 09:18:05.184
Flux: 18.43 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-31 07:52:40
Limiting flux: 19.5203 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/2020fyt