Discovery certificate for object 2020kej
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71013 [ 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 2020kej
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aazymxi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:01:40.814 (225.42005735) DEC = +78:18:52.56 (78.31459995)
Discovery date: 2020-05-17 06:49:41.664 (JD=2458986.7845139)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-17 06:49:41.664
Flux: 19.68 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-12 07:26:51
Limiting flux: 20.1948 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/2020kej