Discovery certificate for object 2020tro
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82632 [ 2020TNSTR2864....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-19 10:39:00
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 2020tro
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abxyapq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:55:12.262 (13.801091) DEC = -23:03:16.02 (-23.054448725)
Discovery date: 2020-08-31 11:05:09.888 (JD=2459092.9619213)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-31 11:05:09.888
Flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020tro