Discovery certificate for object 2020rkz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80129 [ 2020TNSTR2511....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-16 11:04:05
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: SN 2020rkz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abpzatb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:45:17.211 (41.321713815625) DEC = +40:51:00.77 (40.850213671875)
Discovery date: 2020-08-07 11:52:11.712 (JD=2459068.9945833)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-07 11:52:11.712
Flux: 19.89 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-07 11:33:07
Limiting flux: 19.9149 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/2020rkz