Discovery certificate for object 2020msu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 74231 [ 2020TNSTR1824....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-16 05:24:24
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 2020msu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abfhzhm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:39:28.782 (219.8699252) DEC = +38:26:50.68 (38.4474109)
Discovery date: 2020-06-12 05:44:00.960 (JD=2459012.7389005)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-12 05:44:00.960
Flux: 20.49 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-12 04:56:33
Limiting flux: 20.9755 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/2020msu