Discovery certificate for object 2020oof
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 76479 [ 2020TNSTR2113....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-12 09:58:01
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 2020oof
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abjzapi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:34:42.219 (248.675911) DEC = -23:43:27.14 (-23.724206733333)
Discovery date: 2020-07-09 04:31:48.864 (JD=2459039.6887616)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-09 04:31:48.864
Flux: 18.87 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-24 06:32:54
Limiting flux: 19.9047 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/2020oof