Discovery certificate for object 2020pnz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77727 [ 2020TNSTR2167....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-17 10:41:41
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 2020pnz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abjxzmn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:55:12.236 (28.800982733333) DEC = +43:57:51.63 (43.964342266667)
Discovery date: 2020-07-14 11:11:51.648 (JD=2459044.9665741)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-14 11:11:51.648
Flux: 19.51 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-14 08:41:23
Limiting flux: 19.8705 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/2020pnz