Discovery certificate for object 2020mfc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 73507 [ 2020TNSTR1754....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-11 08:22:50
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 2020mfc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18ablwvur
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:26:28.488 (276.61869885) DEC = +25:16:14.82 (25.27078435)
Discovery date: 2020-06-11 07:18:55.584 (JD=2459011.8048148)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-11 07:18:55.584
Flux: 19.35 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-08 08:05:06
Limiting flux: 19.9326 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/2020mfc