Discovery certificate for object 2020jes
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 69900 [ 2020TNSTR1238....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-05 14:24:26
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: AT 2020jes
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaxccrt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:32:06.083 (248.025345) DEC = -27:28:43.39 (-27.4787204)
Discovery date: 2020-04-28 09:01:26.400 (JD=2458967.876)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-28 09:01:26.400
Flux: 19.64 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-02 12:34:34
Limiting flux: 18.94 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/2020jes