Discovery certificate for object 2020ya
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58814 [ 2020TNSTR.149....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-15 03:35:23
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_NEW)
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 2020ya
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaflnkc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:44:07.948 (11.033117633333) DEC = -16:20:54.92 (-16.348589833333)
Discovery date: 2020-01-12 03:04:28.000 (JD=2458860.6281134)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-12 03:04:28.000
Flux: 19.46 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-08 03:03:08
Limiting flux: 19.6565 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/2020ya