Discovery certificate for object 2020yvj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88306 [ 2020TNSTR3350....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-04 06:59:48
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: SN 2020yvj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acoqlav
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:07:09.584 (1.7899338) DEC = +39:10:15.74 (39.171039233333)
Discovery date: 2020-11-02 04:35:42.144 (JD=2459155.6914583)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-02 04:35:42.144
Flux: 19.15 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-31 07:43:22
Limiting flux: 19.62 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/2020yvj