Discovery certificate for object 2020gd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57776 [ 2020TNSTR..63....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-06 08:57:05
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020gd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aacgztv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:13:59.721 (63.4988355) DEC = +36:51:14.44 (36.854011)
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 03:23:36.000 (JD=2458852.6413889)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 03:23:36.000
Flux: 20.3266 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-03 03:38:44
Limiting flux: 19.3722 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/2020gd