Discovery certificate for object 2020nt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58211 [ 2020TNSTR..71....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-07 13:10:17
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 2020nt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aadcbvz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:16:12.859 (229.05357996667) DEC = +02:19:33.01 (2.3258361666667)
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 12:34:30.000 (JD=2458853.0239583)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 12:34:30.000
Flux: 19.61 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020nt