Discovery certificate for object 2020slb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 81193 [ 2020TNSTR2720....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-04 08:30:14
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 2020slb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abvrydt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:28:04.610 (37.019207516) DEC = +38:28:08.21 (38.468946732)
Discovery date: 2020-08-30 11:25:27.264 (JD=2459091.9760069)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-30 11:25:27.264
Flux: 19.83 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-30 08:59:42
Limiting flux: 19.8494 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/2020slb