Discovery certificate for object 2020hlj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 67823 [ 2020TNSTR1049....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-16 07:59:11
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: AT 2020hlj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aavahit
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:13:08.322 (183.2846752) DEC = -09:05:30.00 (-9.09166645)
Discovery date: 2020-04-16 06:00:50.112 (JD=2458955.7505787)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-16 06:00:50.112
Flux: 19.32 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-01 06:00:00
Limiting flux: 19.86 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/2020hlj