Discovery certificate for object 2020kei
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71012 [ 2020TNSTR1390....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-17 10:04:47
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 2020kei
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aazpaki
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:53:28.925 (283.3705204) DEC = +48:48:34.91 (48.8096979)
Discovery date: 2020-05-14 09:25:18.912 (JD=2458983.892581)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-14 09:25:18.912
Flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-10 11:12:25
Limiting flux: 20.2416 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/2020kei