Discovery certificate for object 2020vdb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 84282 [ 2020TNSTR3060....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-08 10:42:27
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 2020vdb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20achnexn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:38:49.177 (54.704903966667) DEC = -15:17:56.04 (-15.2989011)
Discovery date: 2020-10-08 09:41:29.184 (JD=2459130.9038079)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-08 09:41:29.184
Flux: 19.43 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-28 11:33:33
Limiting flux: 20.1612 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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