Discovery certificate for object 2020rlb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80137 [ 2020TNSTR2511....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-16 12:03:51
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 2020rlb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abmjouv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:52:47.609 (13.1983718) DEC = +46:27:36.55 (46.460152825)
Discovery date: 2020-08-15 12:00:25.920 (JD=2459077.0003009)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-15 12:00:25.920
Flux: 19.34 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-15 10:49:47
Limiting flux: 20.6358 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/2020rlb