Discovery certificate for object 2020nlc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 75068 [ 2020TNSTR1932....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-25 10:18:26
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
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 2020nlc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abfcesa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:26:28.948 (291.620617155) DEC = +57:15:50.11 (57.26391926)
Discovery date: 2020-06-24 08:45:25.632 (JD=2459024.8648843)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-24 08:45:25.632
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-24 06:15:19
Limiting flux: 20.5183 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/2020nlc