Discovery certificate for object 2020rti
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80453 [ 2020TNSTR2569....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-21 09:26:46
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 2020rti
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abtgzkv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:56:02.365 (14.009854888889) DEC = +39:04:51.54 (39.080981966667)
Discovery date: 2020-08-16 09:21:38.592 (JD=2459077.8900347)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-16 09:21:38.592
Flux: 20.21 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-15 11:59:04
Limiting flux: 20.5176 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/2020rti